Feminist Activism and Platform Politics by Verity Trott (2022): A Review by Sukanya Bhattacharya
With technology becoming a significant space of feminist negotiations and activism over the past two decades, Verity Trott’s book Feminist…
Work in the Unorganized Sector: The Case of Beedi Karkhana – Nishant Kumar Dongre
For many of us when we hear about karkhana (factory), we assume a fixed structure with walls and a roof…
Migration and Issues of Gender and Religion: A Conversation with Aparna Rayaprol
Aparna Rayaprol is a Professor and Former Head of the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad. Her areas of interest…
Language of Abuse, Gender and Subordination – Subhash Bhambhu
Around the globe, there is a pattern in the gendered nature of abuse or slurs in almost every language. The…
Proclaiming Queer Counter Publics in Assam – Anamitra Bora
Each year, the pivotal movements in Assam have fantasized about land, racialized-immigrant bodies or ethnic vote banks. Politics surrounding the…
In the Name of Love and Family: The Systematic Invisibilization of Women’s Work – Jyoti Kumari and Tahseen Fatima
“Kisi gurr banane wali se shadi karlo, mazdoori bhi nahi dena padega aur karz bhi nahi lena padega”, says Banerjee…
Keep Out: How India’s Forest Department Defines Its Jurisdiction – Divya Godbole
In March 2023, a Sarus crane that Mohammed Arif Khan from Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi district had cared for was confiscated…
Modernity of Slavery: Struggles Against Caste Inequality in Colonial Kerala by P. Sanal Mohan (2015): A Review by Benu Verma
P. Sanal Mohan’s (2015) Modernity of Slavery: Struggles Against Caste Inequality in Colonial Kerala (published by the Oxford University Press,…
The Memory Police, Question of History and the Political Economy of Religion – Sana Shah
The memory police, a novel by Yoko Ogawa, very recently translated from Japanese by Stephen Snyder to English, weaves the…
The Culture of Democracy: A Sociological Approach to Civil Society by Bin Xu (2022): A Review by Alex Afouxenidis
Bin Xu’s The Culture of Democracy: A Sociological Approach to Civil Society (published by Polity Press in 2022) is a…