The Middle Class in India: Culture, Politics and Consumption: An Interview with Leela Fernandes
The Doing Sociology team interviewed Prof. Leela Fernandes. She is the Director of the Stanley D. Golub Chair of International…
Contending Realities, Contending Knowledges and the matter of Power in Digital Times – Kitdor W. Kharbuli
I We are told that these are post-truth times. While we may struggle to grasp the full portent of the…
The Role of Socialization in Construction of Womanhood – Beatrice Chopra
Feminists often see socialization as the overwhelming force which pushes women (and to a lesser extent men) into narrow and…
The Anthropology of News and Journalism: Global Perspectives by Elizabeth S. Bird (ed.) (2010): A Review by Suanmuanlian Tonsing
The Anthropology of News and Journalism book provides insights to meld the dynamics of anthropological dimensions with media studies. The…
Masculinity, Mobility and the Indian Middle Class: A Discussion with Michiel Baas
The Doing sociology team spoke to Michiel Baas on his new book Muscular India: Masculinity, Mobility and the New Middle…
The Popularity of Assam’s Mobile Theatre: The Role of Mediatized Visuality – Rituparna Patgiri
Link to video trailer here. It was 10:15 pm on a Wednesday in September 2019. But the road that connects…
Does the subaltern really ‘speak’ through dying? – Bhargabi Das
Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak, in an interview with Francis Wade, says, “There has been so much violence, so much exploitation, so…
Ornaments and Distinctions: The Case of Digitally Circulated Identity Aspirations – Athira. B.K.
Link to video trailer can be found here. Introduction The significance of a message could be symbolic or economic. Still,…
Gendered Violence, Party Politics, And Colonial Histories: A Conversation with Manali Desai
Manali Desai is a Reader, and a Fellow of Newnham College in the University of Cambridge. In 2020, she assumed…
“It’s the Real Thing”: Advertising Coca-Cola – Sharayu Shejale
Link to part one can be found here. The Coca-Cola company has and continues to be a significant fixture in…