Belonging, ‘Performance’ and Everyday Exclusion in IITs: A Critical Note on Student Suicides – Vidyasagar Sharma
The recent suicide case of Anil Kumar, a B.Tech student at IIT-Delhi, is the second incident of suicide after Ayush…
Munu And Marriage: Expectations, Constraints and the Question of Women’s Autonomy – Sanjib Kalita
My mother called. She asked me if I wish to talk to Munu Ba[i]. She gave the phone to her.…
Bharat Minar – The Tower of a Forgotten India (2019) – Nadja-Christina Schneider
Uday Berry’s nearly eleven-minute animated short film Bharat Minar. The Tower of a Forgotten India (2019) won the Best Fiction…
Unhealed Wounds of Leprosy – A Photo Essay by Rohit Jain
Maruti Bondre, 70, feeds lunch to his wife Chandrakala, at the hostel for leprosy patients and leprosy-cured rehabilitated persons, run…
Understanding Space and Experience in India Through Gopal Guru – E P Sarfras
‘Space’ is a term that has been variously understood throughout history by physicists, mathematicians, and social scientists. It has been…
Hindu Nationalism, Mechanical Reproduction and Symbolic Violence: Aggression as Simulation – Arman Hasan
Introduction In 2023, the prevalence of Hindutva in the virtual space and its link with social media has been the…
Between ‘Indigenous’ And the ‘Others’: The Tangled Identity Question of Muslims In Assam – Shofiul Alom Pathan
On 6 July, 20222 the Assam government decided to declare five Muslim subgroups – Goria, Moria, Syed, Deshi and Julha…
The Penalty of Motherhood in Higher Education Institutes in India – Krithika Narayanswamy
My daughter turns two soon. It is a joyous occasion. I longed to become a mother and have found it…
Decoding PK: A Style of Doing Ethnographic Fieldwork – Kinkar Mandal
PK was a Rajkumar Hirani, directed (2014) movie. The plot follows an innocent alien (Aamir Khan) who lands on Earth…
Pathaan: Fractured Hope for Feminist Fans? – Swati Dyahadroy and Sneha Gole
Link to the editorial note and the panel discussion can be found here. This piece will try to locate anxieties around…