“Need”: Käthe Kollwitz’s Subversive Account Of Grief – Tanisha Lamichhane
The notion of grief is both time-bound and timeless- to grieve is to be stuck in the moment of loss…
Channar Revolt and the Contemporary Indian Context: Caste, Community and the Muslim Woman – Tahseen Fatima
The Channar Revolt that took place in the 19th century in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore reverberates even today.…
“You are asking us to discount all perspectives, but to think in only ‘one’ Perspective”: ‘Common Sense’ in a Private University Sociology Class – Anindita Chakrabarty
A common phrase with which many of us began our Sociology classes at the undergraduate level is ‘Sociology is not…
Transformative Role of Queer Affirmative Therapy: Dismantling Dogmas and Strengthening Solidarity – Aswathy B. Surendran
In 2018, the decriminalization of homosexuality in India brought new hope but the prejudices, homophobia, and violence lingering around everyday…
Whose Identity? The Discourse of Purity in Assam – Niloy Pratim Kashyap and Rishiraj Sen
Introduction: The northeast Indian state of Assam is rippled with a sense of contested identity fueled by a majoritarian ethnocentric…
Idi In Iddiyappam: Food as A Weapon In Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey – Ann Rose Davis
Idiyappam, also known as Nool Puttu or Nool Appam, is a famous breakfast dish of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which…
Dahaad: Love, Sex and Demography – Tannistha Samanta
The “love, sex aur dhoka” genre unfolds chillingly in Amazon Prime Video’s recent offering, Dahaad. Directors Reema Kagti and Zoya…
Homelessness and Shelter Houses: Some Insights from the Field in Odisha – Itimayee Behera
Introduction This essay is based on the field work done in Cuttack district, Odisha in the year 2020 on a…
Piety, Place and Politics: Rethinking the Spatial Imaginations of Jama Masjid – Afeef Ahmed
It was a normal weekday evening in Jama Masjid. There were crowds, both Indian and international, walking around the 16th-century…
Work in the Unorganized Sector: The Case of Beedi Karkhana – Nishant Kumar Dongre
For many of us when we hear about karkhana (factory), we assume a fixed structure with walls and a roof…