The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom by P. Sainath (2022): A Review by Krithika Narayanswamy
Introduction: P Sainath is a veteran journalist with more than forty years of experience. A Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, he…
Mind, Modernity, Madness: The Impact of Culture on Human Experience by Liah Greenfeld (2013): A Review by Monika
Mind, Modernity, Madness: The Impact of Culture on Human Experience by Liah Greenfeld, published in 2013 by Harvard University Press,…
Jhoome Jo Pathaan Humaare Saath: Fandom Across Three Generations – Ishani Ray
This piece delves into an intergenerational fandom, and its influence on me as a Shah Rukh Khan fan. Be it…
The Role of Professional Bodies in the Development of Sociology
Bandana Purkayastha is the Vice President for National Associations in the International Sociological Association (ISA). She is a Board of…
Women in ‘New’ Nepal: Through the Lens of Classed, Ethnic, and Gendered Peripheries by Seika Sato (2023): A Review by Avantika Jhujhunwala
Seika Sato’s book Women in ‘New’ Nepal: Through the Lens of Classed, Ethnic, and Gendered Peripheries, published by Routledge in…
Intersections Between Global Social Theory and Sociological Theory: A Lecture by Sujata Patel
‘ Sujata Patel has been the 2021 Kerstin Hesselgren Visiting Professor, at Umea University, Sweden; Distinguished Professor, at Savitribai Phule…
Jungle Passports: Fences, Mobility, and Citizenship at the Northeast India-Bangladesh Border by Malini Sur (2021): A Review by Mamoon Bhuyan
‘Jongol Passport’ (p. 17) a borderland expression combining both Bangla and Garo words, delve into the post-colonial issues of one…
Who Cares?: Care Extraction and the Struggles of Indian Health Workers edited by Maya John and Christa Wichterich (2023): A Review by Shiva Singh
‘Care’ being historically relegated to the sphere of the domestic and performed by women and other marginalised subjects without remuneration,…
Memory in the Service of the Hindu Nation: The Afterlife of the Partition of India by Pranav Kohli (2023): A Review by Sana Shah
“What all will you remember, from where and till when?”, someone quipped, interrupting that lyrical slogan “everything will be remembered”,…
The Contemporary Indian Family: Transitions and Diversity edited by B Devi Prasad, Srilatha Juvva and Mahima Nayar (2020): A Review by Priyasha Choudhary
The Indian family has undergone considerable changes in structure and dynamics. From the traditional form of the joint family (D’cruz…