Politics of Life and Margins – Vijitha Rajan
It hit the headlines recently that the Mumbai Corporation draped many slums in the city with curtains and posters ahead…
The Peda of Matabari: Religious and Economic Significance – Rituparna Patgiri
As soon as the trip to visit Agartala – Tripura’s capital city was made, I started making enquiries about what…
An Analysis of Tamasha Using Simmel’s Theory of Metropolis and Mental Life – Ayushi Dutta
George Simmel is widely regarded as a pioneer of Urban Sociology. The Metropolis & Mental Life (1903), despite being published…
Resolving Disciplinary Antagonisms: Learning From K. Balagopal – Anamika Das
This essay is a reflection of a student of Sociology, a discipline that one has pursued for more than seven…
Dispossession v/s Development – The paradox of ‘Creative Destruction’ – Kirti Koushika
Humans transform through their socioeconomic interactions, eventually altering the environment in which they reside. They make continuous efforts to mould…
Understanding Hannah Arendt ‘s Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil – Srestha Chatterjee
As someone holding a Master’s degree in Sociology, reading Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil[i]…
Sociological Perspective, Identity Crisis and Educational Practice – Vijitha Rajan
The very nature of sociological imagination is that it unsettles our everyday beliefs and practices. Sociological imagination questions our common…
Masculinity in Bollywood Films – Oishika Ghosh
In a patriarchal society, there are dominant ideas about the feminine and masculine. This would however vary across different sections…
Mapping Our Digital Selves: A Dramaturgical Interpretation – Upali Bhattacharya
With the advent of various social media platforms, there has been a great increase in the amount of content that…
From Public School Grounds to Railway Platforms: On the Production of Public Spaces in Indian Small Towns – Vadivel Chinnadurai
As Neil Smith, a revolutionary geographer, along with Setha Low has written in the introduction of their edited work The…