Kinship in Crisis: Navigating Immigration Amidst a Global Pandemic – Sarah Nandi
Introduction Immigration is one of the most hotly contested electoral issues, but the discourses of migration politics often invisibilize the…
Experimental Collaborations: Ethnography Through Fieldwork Devices edited by Adolfo Estalella and Tomas Sanchez Criado (2018): A Review by Priyanka Borpujari
Experimental Collaborations: Ethnography Through Fieldwork Devices edited by Adolfo Estalella and Tomas Sanchez Criado (published by Berghahn Books in 2018)…
From High Drama to the Mundane: How Influencers Showcase the Intricate Politics of Indian Households – Aanchal Dhull
If you’re a social media addict like me and a Hindi-speaking North Indian with an appetite for drama, you’re likely…
Critical Sites of Inclusion in India’s Higher Education edited by Papia Sengupta (2022): A Review by Garima Rath
In democratic countries, education is regarded as a universal right of everyone. This is facilitated by the State through its…
The Modern Neophyte – Shreya Mukherjee
Just a few months ago, there was a discussion in my MA classroom during one of our lectures in a…
On Tuesdays, We Eat Veg – Mahashewta Bhattacharya
Vegetarianism as a day marked off every week had crept into their nuclear household at least a decade after Sneha…
No Nation for Women: Reportage on Rape from India, the World’s Largest Democracy by Priyanka Dubey (2018): A Review by Srilagna Majumdar
Feminism begins with a basic recognition and a simple question. The recognition is that women have adhered to a class…
Sociology of Sports: Issues and Trends
Sociology of Sports: Issues and Trends Balbir Singh Aulakh is a doctoral scholar at the School of Habitat Studies, Tata…
Liberalised India, Politicised Middle Class and Software Professionals by Anshu Srivastava (2022): A Review by Meghna Roy
The middle classes in India are typically passive in activism, yet election strategies cater to their preferences. Anshu Srivastava’s Liberalised…
Foreseeing the Ultra-Conservative Backlash: Space, Time and Ways of Seeing: The Performance Culture of Kutiyattam by Mundoli Narayanan (2023): A Review by Sankar Varma
Introduction The word ‘classical’ is problematic today with the carving out of a convenient space that distorts history to its…