Print Media in Kerala: An Overview – Anna Zacharias
Western print media has witnessed a marked decline in news consumption and circulation. Bucking global trends, print media in India…
Lifelong Learning: Going Beyond the Neo-Liberal Tenets – Diwakar Soni
Introduction Lifelong learning (LLL) has become a buzzword of sorts in recent times. It has emerged as one of the…
Communication, Media and Ideas of the Public Sphere: An Interview with Arvind Rajagopal
Arvind Rajagopal is Professor of Media Studies at New York University and is an affiliated faculty in the Departments of…
Cultural Construction of ‘Uncleanliness’ – Shivani Chunekar
In India, the term ‘social distancing’ has a history that is closely associated with caste. The term ‘social distancing’ has…
Remembering Gail Omvedt: Reflections and Lessons
An Online Panel Discussion on Remembering Gail Omvedt: Reflections and Lessons was organized by Doing Sociology on 2nd October 2021.…
Recreating The ‘Social’: For a Radical Image in Bollywood – Anamika Das
I grew up watching commercial Bollywood films[i]. Though now I am more exposed to cinema from across the world, I…
Consumerism, Cinema, and the Glamour of Contemporary Weddings in India – Moureen Kalita
Weddings in India have increasingly become an extravagant spectacle. The big fat Bollywood wedding has redrawn the Indian middle-class aspiration…
Democracy, Populism and Development: A Conversation with Patrick Heller
Patrick Heller is the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology and International Studies in Brown University.…
Redefining University Spaces – Upali Bhattacharya
Universities are meant to be free spaces that catalyse critical and scientific thinking, creating conditions for liberty, equality and fraternity.…
The Self Respect Movement, Tamizh Society and an Alternative Social Space – K. S. Vaishnavi
Having grown up predominantly in the northern parts of the country, I noticed the slightly different way my friends filled…