In Search of the Nation: Reading Culinary Texts from Colonial Bengal – Rageshree Bhattacharyya
Introduction The nationalist struggle for India’s independence was not just a mere political one. Rather it was an iconoclastic project,…
India in Transition – Arjun Yadav
As India has entered its 77th year of independence, it becomes imperative to scrutinize the contemporary political landscape, the prevailing…
Unveiling the Gender Paradox, Dynamics of Power, Sexuality, and Property in Kerala by Lekha N.B and Antony Palackal (2020): A Review by Shailja Tandon
Unveiling the Gender Paradox, Dynamics of Power, Sexuality, and Property in Kerala by Lekha N.B and Antony Palackal, published by…
Masks Of Privilege: Indian Tech Workers Facing Covert Carcerality – Rianka Roy
Introduction Globalization is an ambivalent phenomenon. While creating a borderless world of boundless opportunities, it has expanded carceral control with…
Childscape Mediascape: Children and Media in India edited by Usha Raman and Sumana Kasturi (2023): A Review by Aarshi Jahan
Childscape Mediascape: Children and Media in India, edited by Usha Raman and Sumana Kasturi (published by Orient Blackswan Private Limited in…
Nationalism in the Vernacular: States, Tribes, and the Politics of Peace in Northeast India: A Book Discussion with Roluahpuia
Roluahpuia is currently serving as an Assistant Professor (Sociology) at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of…
They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria by Daniel E. Agbiboa (2023): A Review by Priyanjali Mitra
In his rich and detailed examination of corruption practices in the transport sector of Nigeria, Daniel Agbiboa offers an account…
An Ethnographer in the Corporate Land: A Session By Snigdha Vishnoi
In this session, Snigdha Vishnoi highlights the strengths and limitations of using the ethnographic method in corporate settings and a…
Maoists and Government Welfare: Excluding Legitimacy or Legitimising Exclusion by Suparna Banerjee (2023): A Review by Puneet Repalle
Suparna Banerjee’s latest work Maoists and Government Welfare: Excluding Legitimacy or Legitimizing Exclusion (published by Routledge in 2023) is a…
Smoke and Ashes: A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh (2023): A Review by Vinky Mittal
Amitav Ghosh’s Smoke and Ashes: A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories, published by Fourth Estate India in 2023, has…