Stories of the Verandah: Gossip, Judgment, and Social Authority – Asmita Bharadwaj
It is ingrained in us that gossip is shameful, and making judgements is not a virtue. However, more than three…
Decolonising Sociology in Bangladesh: Why a Local Lens is No Longer Optional – Shamsul Arefin
In 1957, sociology arrived at the University of Dhaka not because Bengali scholars had demanded it, but because a French…
Attention and Alienation: The International Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies: A Discussion with Aarushi Bhandari
Aarushi Bhandari is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. Her book Attention and Alienation: The International Political Economy…
Hilsa as Culture and Livelihood: A Sociological Reflection – Uthsa Sarker
Bengal can be understood through its rivers or through a single fish that has come to carry all of them.…
Thinking Less, Producing More? A Freirean Critique of AI in Research – Amit Yadav
In A Pedagogy for Liberation (1987), Ira Shor and Paulo Freire criticised the banking model of education, in which learners…
A Call for Internet Voting in India: Register, Selfie-check, Vote, Verify – Aditya Raj and Himanshu Sharma
India is the largest democracy in the world. Our country conducts the world’s biggest elections with great pride and accountability.…
A Book Discussion on Sociology of Gender in India: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
A Book Discussion on Sociology of Gender in India: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 2026) Editors: Pushpesh Kumar,…
From Sanskritization to Annihilation: What Indian Sociology Must Learn From B.R. Ambedkar – Abhijay Rambabu
While several scholars in India have engaged with Dr B.R Ambedkar’s political and philosophical ideas, sociologists in India have long…
Our Burden of Grief: Baghjan and the Gas Blowout by Sanjay Barbora, Dolly Kikon and Noihrit Gogoi (2025): A Review by Dixita Deka
On 27 May 2026, the Baghjan Blowout in Tinsukia, Assam completes six years. Reading Our Burden of Grief: Baghjan and…
The Cyborgian Citizen? Or Subscriber Citizen? Enumeration, Denizenship, and the Indian Documentary State – Suhash Bhattacharjee
In June 2026, a Ministry of External Affairs official during a press conference made a statement while answering questions from…