Textbooks and Gender Bias – Anjali Sidhwani
Textbooks have traditionally been the cornerstone of formal education in India, shaping the way knowledge is imparted and absorbed in…
Becoming a Hindu: An Autoethnographic Reflection – Sunit Singh
I was born in a village in eastern Uttar Pradesh, near the border of Bihar, where most of my family…
Happy Faces and Trendy Poses: Emotional Digitality in Contemporary Times – Ahana Choudhury
‘A smile is a curve that sets everything straight’. During the most dispirited times of life when one remembers this…
The Portrayal of “Huangs”: Understanding the Intergenerational Language Shift and Identity Negotiation in Immigrant Families – Shreya Hait
“We need to reconnect with our culture, not surround ourselves with white people doing white things”, remains one of the…
‘Vimukta’: From Oppression To Empowerment, A Feminist Perspective – Karri Neha
Volga, the author of the Telugu feminist literature, has images and ideals which have fought against the internalisation and perpetuation…
Problematising The Postcolonial: A Critical Reflection On Theories And Practices – Saddam Hussain
Introduction The advent of postcolonial studies offers a vital critique of colonial history, power dynamics, and the legacies of Western…
Every Minute Counts: A Social Depiction Of Disaster Response And Governance – Nikita Agarwalla
Every Minute Counts, a 2024 documentary drama series, portrays the initial nine hours of a critical, intense disaster reality of…
Meritocracy in Education: A Myth – Sunit Singh
What is Merit? It is a celebrated concept, often associated with ‘talent’, a ‘achieved status.’ But is it truly achieved,…
Own Space, Feminist Friends, and Thesis Writing: Relating to Virginia Woolf’s A Room Of One’s Own – Ritika Srivastava
Reading A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf (1929) led me to reflect on my own experiences of completing…
C Parvathamma’s Vision for Indian Sociology: Caste, Gender, and Justice – Prajwal T V and Karamala Areesh Kumar
Western thinkers largely dominate the writings on Sociology across academic institutions in India. On the other hand, those that address…