Sexism to Feminism – Evolution of Women in Horror – Prakriti Kandwal
Women are a quintessential part of the horror movie trope. From being the infamous ‘damsel in distress’ to ‘scream queens’…
Snippets from My Diary in Ijierong – Krittika Bhuiya
Last year, while working for a non-profit organisation immersed in the rural fringes of Manipur. I witnessed something special. This…
Hidden Struggles: Unveilling the Gendered Challenges Of Women Tea Workers – Vaishali Saikia
Introduction The tea industry is the largest organized sector which employs millions of labourers – both permanent and temporary, most…
The Misinformation Capture and Hate Takeover: A Case Of Indian Media – Anjali Chauhan
The Indian media is in a state of crisis. And this crisis is not accidental or random, but systematic and…
The Epistemic Departure of Art: Thinking towards a Post-Pandemic Future – Sankar Varma
Introduction COVID-19 cases have retreated but the fetters of the virus continue to impact us. It brought about a terrible…
Instant Access, Unequal Knowledge and Democracy – Maitrayee Chaudhuri
New information and communication technologies have ushered in a world of 24×7 breaking news; Twitter fights; WhatsApp messages; Facebook posts;…
Sociological Imagination in Contemporary Geopolitics – Sacnik
Mainstream geopolitics and sociology are strange bedfellows. Global foreign policy or supranational agenda in most of the post-war era was…
The ‘Dalit Idea Of India’ or The ‘Idea Of A Dalit India?’ – Nation, People And Power Politics – Manas Patra
Introduction “What is the idea of India”? I posed this question to some of my colleagues and friends at IIT…
City vs Citizen: How Inclusive or Hostile are Urban Spaces to the Migrant/Urban Poor/ Slum Dweller Populace? – Ashay Raj
City: A Unique Character ‘Progress’, ‘achievement’, ‘mobility’ and ‘opportunity’ are some of the common terms traditionally associated with the idea…
The Fundamentals of Celebrity Worship – Amratha Lekshmi A J
Shah Rukh Khan’s yet another blockbuster (Jawaan) on ‘mass hero image’ runs in theatres as I write. Much has been…