Beyond the Interface: Reimagining Digital Kinship and Collaborative Courtship in Urban India – Ashoo Asif
The Digital Reinvention of Alliance The landscape of marital alliances in the National Capital Region (Delhi-NCR) is undergoing a profound…
The Question About Democracy: A Sociological Reflection – Abhijeet M. Vaidye
On the morning of the election, the city was unusually alive. Banners fluttered from electric poles, political slogans echoed from…
Food, Culture and Society in India: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives edited by Rituparna Patgiri and Gurpinder Singh Lalli (2026): A Review by Praapti Sarma
Food, Culture And Society In India: Social, Political, Economic And Cultural Perspectives, published by Berghahn Booksin 2026, takes you on…
Meet the Savarnas: Indian Millennials Whose Mediocrity Broke Everything by Ravikant Kisana (2025): A Review by Swapnil Sreemani
Meet the Savarnas: Indian Millennials Whose Mediocrity Broke Everything- the title of Ravikant Kisana’s 2025 book (published by Ebury books),…
Writing Ethnography – Bhargabi Das
Bhargabi Das is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Rural Management, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi, India. She completed her…
An Ethnographic Account of Disability Care Network – Pariz Pikul Gogoi
Since my childhood, I saw my mother constantly involved in caregiving responsibilities for my younger brother, who was born with…
Aspirations, Examinations, And Inescapable Identities: Homebound Tells The Story About India’s Betrayed Youth – Jayashree Doley
Sometimes an image can convey what a thousand words can’t. The release of director Neeraj Ghaywan’s latest movie, Homebound (2025),…
Lexicography Through A Sociological Lens – Vijay Pal
Recently, it was announced that the Cambridge Dictionary has added around 6,000 new words, including Parasocial, Broligrachy, Delulu, Skibidi, Slop,…
Suicides at Elite Institutions and the Myth of a Functional System – Amit Yadav
Coping with the curriculum at elite institutions This blog post seeks to draw attention to a structural and systemic problem…
Khaldunian State Cycles and the Logic of Neopatrimonialism in Post-Weberian Governance – Ali Reza SK
Many countries in the 21st century suffer from corrupt and ineffectual governments that appear to be modern on the outside…