Munshi Premchand at 146: Finding a Sociologist in a Literary Icon – Vinay Suhalka
I read my first Premchand short story in grade 4, aged 10, as part of my school Hindi syllabus. It…
The Weight of Listening: Social Life After Witnessing Another Person’s Trauma – Suadath V
We tend to think of sexual violence through the lenses of survivors or of institutions. On one side, the focus…
Why the Best Recent Film About Hyderabad is from Malayalam Cinema – Sukruta Alluri
As Peddi becomes the highest-grossing film in Tollywood this year, while simultaneously courting controversy over its treatment of women actors,…
Scattered Across the Field: Learning to Read Silence Along the Brahmaputra – Subhechha Bharatiya
The question sounded simple. “Why did you leave?” I had asked it many times before. During earlier fieldwork in Delhi,…
Laughing at Honour: Women’s Agency Beyond Respectability Politics in Maa Behen – Bonti Neog
Paradox of the Perfect Woman Laughter does not rectify systemic inequalities; rather, it signifies a rejection of fear-based control of…
Die, My Love: An Ode to the Unabashed Instability of the Feminine Abject – Tannistha Samanta
In director Lynn Ramsay’s latest film, Die, My Love (2025), female subjects are unapologetically unhinged- caught in a delirium of…
Songs for the Motherland and Scars on Her Skin: A Sociological Take on Nationhood, Gender, and Public Neglect – Antara Misra
Our country has long been imagined as Bharat Mata or Mother India, symbolising a sacred land nurturing and protecting her…
Food, Nutrition, and Labour: The Everyday Lives of Informal Workers in Delhi – Sonu Chauhan
In India, workers, particularly in the unorganised sector, face various social and work-related issues in their everyday lives. They lack…
Beyond the ‘Endgame’: Bastar’s Youth and the Making of a New Present – Sahib Singh Tulsi
Every evening, after dinner, Adivasi students in a government hostel in Bastar sit cross-legged on the floor as their names…
Education and Inequality in Society: Learning from the Lives of Two Migrant Youths – Ishita Sinha
This article is based on the semi-structured interviews of two people I met while working as a teacher in a…