Who is Encroaching? Narratives of Land encroachment in Kantara – Kanchan Biswas and Kumuda Chandra Panigrahi
Kantara: A legend (2022) is an anthropological action thriller film that flags off issues of tribal and forest land encroachment,…
A Book Discussion on Weaving Histories: The Transformation of the Handloom Industry in South India
Karuna Dietrich Wielenga works at Azim Premji University (APU) Bangalore. She has a broad interest in the economic and social…
Green Education Systems: Towards Ecocentric Pedagogical Paradigms – Sayan Dey
This short account is about my monograph Green Academia: Towards Eco-friendly Education Systems, published by Routledge in 2022.[i] I share…
Politics of Life and Margins – Vijitha Rajan
It hit the headlines recently that the Mumbai Corporation draped many slums in the city with curtains and posters ahead…
The Peda of Matabari: Religious and Economic Significance – Rituparna Patgiri
As soon as the trip to visit Agartala – Tripura’s capital city was made, I started making enquiries about what…
A Book Discussion on Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India
Srila Roy is a Professor of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. She is also a co-editor…
River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India by David Haberman (2006): A Review by Ankit
David Haberman’s River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India (published by the University…
An Analysis of Tamasha Using Simmel’s Theory of Metropolis and Mental Life – Ayushi Dutta
George Simmel is widely regarded as a pioneer of Urban Sociology. The Metropolis & Mental Life (1903), despite being published…
Schools, Space and Culinary Capital by Gurpinder Singh Lalli (2022): A Review by Sriti Ganguly
For sociologists, the school serves as one of the most crucial sites of socialization. Literature is abundant in the field…
A Book Discussion on Global Feminist Autoethnographies During COVID-19
In this conversation, we discussed the book Global Feminist Autoethnographies During COVID-19: Displacements and Disruptions edited by Melanie Heath, Akosua…