The Individual, State and Conflict in Manto’s Toba Tek Singh – Archisha Rai
Toba Tek Singh is a short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto in 1955. The story is set in the…
Theorizing a Bengali Nation: Abul Hashim and the United Bengal Movement, 1937 – 1947 by Sucharita Sen (2024): A Review by Krishnayan Das
The decade leading up to partition and independence in 1947 was a tumultuous era. It witnessed the unseating of a…
Digital Democracy: Social Media’s Role in the 2024 Indian Elections – Srishti Ganguly
On June 4, the enormous task of tallying millions of votes for the 18th Lok Sabha election was completed by the Election Commission of India, marking the world’s greatest six-week, seven-phase democratic process. Like many others, I found myself immersed in social media, particularly Instagram’s ‘reel’ section, where I spent hours…
Ways of Remembering: Law, Cinema and Collective Memory in the New India by Oishik Sircar (2024): A Review by Javaria Farooqui
Ways of Remembering: Law, Cinema and Collective Memory in the New India by Oishik Sircar (published by Cambridge University Press)…
Horses, Caste, and Grooms in Northern India – Vaishali Khandekar
No Horse for Dalit Grooms A new pattern of violence has emerged where Dalit men have been attacked for riding…
From Words to Worlds: The Power of Fiction in Sociological Research – Srishti Ganguly
Mapping Sociological Realities Through A Fictional Lens Employing fiction as a sociological source for research may appear unconventional, yet its…
Research Grant Proposal Development: A Session With Riddhi Bhandari
Riddhi Bhandari is an anthropologist with interests in studying market dynamics, governance, entrepreneurialism, and aspirations, broadly within the framework of…
Family Norms and Images in Transition: Contemporary Negotiations of Reproductive Labor, Love and Relationships in India edited by Nadja-Christina Schneider and Fritzi-Marie Titzmann (2020): A Review by Rajeev Anand Kushwah
Family Norms and Images in Transition: Contemporary Negotiations of Reproductive Labor, Love and Relationships in India edited by Nadja-Christina Schneider…
Gender, Sexuality, and Indian Cinema: Queer Visuals edited by Srija Sanyal (2023): A Review by Ramsha Aveen
Cinema is not only a powerful tool of leisure, entertainment, and culture in society but importantly a reflection, even if…
Navigating Methodological Terrains: Indian Researchers and African Interlocutors Building Shared Understanding – Shambhavi Bhushan
Moving Through Life In today’s discussion, I aim to highlight the parallels between the experiences of migrant interlocutors in the…