Being in the World: Otherness and Emotion – Sapphira Beth Diengdoh
Conceptualising Otherness Johannes Fabian (1990) suggests within anthropology, the other is engaged primarily through ethnographic writing. This can inadvertently contribute…
Into the Capitalistic Field of Influencer Culture: An Analysis Through the Writings Of Pierre Bourdieu – Muskan Dhalwal
In the second half of 20th century France, what Pierre Bourdieu called “the absurd opposition between individual and society,” a…
Masculinity, Consumerism and the Post-National Indian City: Sanjay Srivastava
A Book Discussion On Masculinity, Consumerism and the Post-National Indian City: Streets, Neighbourhoods, Home With Sanjay Srivastava Sanjay Srivastava is…
Food: A Unifying Thread for the Bodos in Delhi – Pallavi Rabha
Food is one of the most important elements in our lives. For one thing, it is essential for our survival.…
The Everyday Lived Reality of a Segregated Urban Space in Delhi: An Ethnographic Account – Kritika Banerjee and Sarah Shaan
Segregated spaces inhabited by Muslims in India have been in the limelight from bearing the brunt of communal riots to…
Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy: Amazon and the Power of Organization by Sarrah Kassem (2023): A review by Swayamsiddha Sarangi
The dominance of capital and the subjugation of human labour are concomitant with the various stages through which capitalism has…
You Are Not An ‘Ideal’ Brahmin: A Reflexive Note – Bhawesh Pant
Recent socio-anthropological studies have made the concept of reflexivity (Wilson & Karliova, 2021) apparent by drawing attention to researchers’ inter-subjective…
Disability’s Discontents – Vinay Suhalka and Tannistha Samanta
The topic of disability has been recently in debate in legal and policy circles following allegations that a trainee officer…
Women Doctors: At Work, At Risk – Rukmini Sen
‘Suicide’ among doctors: Data speak She was a 31-year-old trainee doctor. She was brutally raped and murdered on the night…
A Public Sociology of Waste by Myra J. Hird (2023): A Review by Ankush Pal
Academics and activists have consistently drawn links between waste and consumption under capitalism which have culminated in some significant books…