Sociological Imagination in Contemporary Geopolitics – Sacnik
Mainstream geopolitics and sociology are strange bedfellows. Global foreign policy or supranational agenda in most of the post-war era was…
The ‘Dalit Idea Of India’ or The ‘Idea Of A Dalit India?’ – Nation, People And Power Politics – Manas Patra
Introduction “What is the idea of India”? I posed this question to some of my colleagues and friends at IIT…
The Political Life of Memory: Birsa Munda in Contemporary India by Rahul Ranjan (2023): A Review by Chetna Kuanr
Rahul Ranjan’s book The Political Life of Memory: Birsa Munda in Contemporary India (Cambridge University Press, 2023) examines the representation…
City vs Citizen: How Inclusive or Hostile are Urban Spaces to the Migrant/Urban Poor/ Slum Dweller Populace? – Ashay Raj
City: A Unique Character ‘Progress’, ‘achievement’, ‘mobility’ and ‘opportunity’ are some of the common terms traditionally associated with the idea…
Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Indian Universities: A Critical Reflection by N Sukumar (2023): A Review by Sonu Bagri
After Rohith Vemula’s suicide, Indian academia received enormous attention from scholars and policymakers, as a space not secluded but implicated…
The Fundamentals of Celebrity Worship – Amratha Lekshmi A J
Shah Rukh Khan’s yet another blockbuster (Jawaan) on ‘mass hero image’ runs in theatres as I write. Much has been…
Mobilities, Climates and Infrastructures: An Interview with Malini Sur
Malini Sur is an Associate Professor in Anthropology at Western Sydney University and serves as the President of the Australian…
Beyond the Narrative: War as an Aberration of Ideology – Md. Abu Salek Khan
Introduction War as a historical event is mostly told in terms of a binary opposition, the winner and the loser.…
Gendered College Campuses: A Case Study Of Social Control In Semi-Urban Spaces Of Uttar Pradesh – Pragya Tripathi
The article aims to address the many challenges faced by women on college campuses, especially in a third-tier city and…
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith (1999): A Review by Mamoon Bhuyan
‘Research is probably one of the dirtiest words in the indigenous world’ (p.1). Linda Tuhiwai Smith, a leading decolonization theorist,…