Interrogating ‘Home’: Space and Women in India: An Interview with Rukmini Sen
The Doing Sociology blog team spoke to Prof. Rukmini Sen who teaches Sociology in Dr B R Ambedkar University Delhi…
Nietzsche and the Oblivion in Kashmir – Wajid Abbas
“There were eternities in which it did not exist, and when it is gone, nothing will have happened.” Friedrich Nietzsche, On…
Fast, Easy And In Cash: Artisan Hardship And Hope In The Global Economy By Rudi Colloredo Mansfeld And Jason Antrosio (2015): A Review By Anushka Sinha
In Fast, Easy and Cash: Artisan Hardship and Hope in The Global Economy (2015), Rudi Colloredo Mansfeld and Jason Antrosio…
Reframing the Indigenous Rights Movement in North-East India – Thangkhansuan Gualnam
Thangkhansuan Gualnam North-east India is a region rife with preconceived assumptions. Some hold. Others need critical re-examining. The question of…
Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan by Matthew S. Hull (2012): A Review by Nikhit Kumar Agrawal
Matthew Hull’s book, Government of Paper, is a result of an ethnographic work conducted in the government offices of the Islamabad Capital…
Domestic Workers: Essential, Vulnerable and Marginalized in the Pandemic – Priyanjali Mitra
Image source: Al Jazeera: File: AP/Aijaz Rahi On 24th March 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a sweeping nationwide lockdown to…
Living with Tigers: Ethnographic Stories from the Sundarbans: An interview with Amites Mukhopadhyay and Annu Jalais
The super cyclonic storm Amphan had rocked West Bengal, particularly Sundarbans in May 2020. In that light, we bring to…
Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s Ideas on Democracy – Pallavi Ghosh
“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people are yet…
What does the Popularity of Cooking Channels tell us about Class and Gender in India? – Rituparna Patgiri
‘Your mango peda (a sweet) looks delicious. Please share the recipe’, said my friend. I told her that she should…
Food, Culture and Society in India: An Interview with Kiranmayi Bhushi
We interviewed Dr. Kiranmayi Bhushi who teaches Sociology at the Indira Gandhi National Open University. She is also the author of…