Holi Traditions And Social Order: A Study Of The Village Of Jamua – Mihir Keshari
Holi is not just a festival of colours, but rather it’s made up of diverse traditions, some of these traditions…
Notes on Everyday Life, Ethnography, and the Promise of Imagination – Proshant Chakraborty
“Imagine yourself….” Imagine yourself as an ethnographer. You are sitting at the threshold of a house that has been your…
Lost and Found: A Closer Look at Laapataa Ladies – Anjali Chauhan
Kiran Rao’s masterful direction presents a narrative that echoes a clever Indian reimagining of Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors,” enriching the…
Absence of Women In Public Spaces: The Gendered Appropriation Of A Juice Shop – Prarthana Banarji
The smell of nicotine hits me from two meters away. I read the signboard over the shop again – My…
Snap, Share and Savour: Capturing Insta-worthy Escapes – Moureen Kalita
One afternoon, as I was scrolling randomly through my Instagram feed, a reel caught my attention: a beautiful young woman…
Messing Things Up: Protests as a Tool of Resisting Order – Rishiraj Sen
Protests and strikes against the establishment have always been a part of the political discourse. Be it the strikes of…
Geeli Pucchi: An Intersectional Dystopia – Rashi Chauhan
The short film “Geeli Pucchi” weaves together the lives of two women who share striking similarities in terms of their…
‘Ecological Refugees’ in Indian Cities? A Metropolitan Perspective – Ritika Rajput
Kavita, a migrated cold-water seller outside a Delhi metro station, is exposed to the horrendous heatwaves of Delhi. She directly…
Comprehensive Sex Education in India: Challenges and Possibilities – Madhubanti Talukdar
Earlier in 2023, as a part of a larger project on youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), I…
Birthdays, Lovers, Godsends and Post Offices – Medhavi Gupta
I am sitting in the library with an unstable internet service and an equally unstable state of mind. I’m glad…