A Book Discussion on Set Adrift: Capitalist Transformations and Community Politics
Dr Gayatri Nair is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology…
Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India by Ananya Vajpeyi (2012): A Review By Sankar Varma
Any sense of the past is deeply political. In the contemporary historical juncture, one witnesses a concerted effort to rewrite…
Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India by Mukulika Banerjee (2021): A Review by Anjana John
In Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India, published by Oxford University Press in 2021, Mukulika Banerjee depicts how…
Skin Colour Politics: Whiteness and Beauty in India by Nina Kullrich (2022): A Review by Paro Mishra
In May 2022, I read about Google’s initiative to expand on Pixel’s Real Tone to accurately depict diverse skin tone…
A Book Discussion on Streets in Motion: : The Making of Infrastructure, Property, and Political Culture in Twentieth-century Calcutta
Doing Sociology discussed Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay’s on Streets in Motion: The Making of Infrastructure, Property, and Political Culture in Twentieth-century Calcutta.…
Genders in Production: Making Workers in Mexico’s Global Factories by Leslie Salzinger (2003): A Review by Krithi Ramaswamy
Who is an ideal worker? While there is no singular answer to this question, Leslie Salzinger’s ‘Genders in Production: Making…
My Life: The Journey of a Dalit Sociologist by Govardhan Wankhede (2020): A Review by Rajshree Chanchal
Many Dalit autobiographies recount the discrimination, oppression, and struggle to access and complete education in a graded inequality-based Hindu social…
Police Matters: The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900-1975 by Radha Kumar (2021): A Review by Nayanika Singhal
Reviewing Radha Kumar’s brilliantly written book Police Matters: The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900-1975 (published by…
A Book Discussion on Vernacular Politics in Northeast India with Jelle J. P. Wouters
Jelle J.P. Wouters is a social anthropologist and associate professor at Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan. He studied Anthropology in Amsterdam,…
Neoliberalism, Urbanization, and Aspirations in Contemporary India edited by Sujata Patel (2022): A Review by Tania Debnath
Neoliberalism has had a profound impact on societies in the global South. India has been no exception. It has led…