Stories of the Verandah: Gossip, Judgment, and Social Authority – Asmita Bharadwaj
It is ingrained in us that gossip is shameful, and making judgements is not a virtue. However, more than three…
Decolonising Sociology in Bangladesh: Why a Local Lens is No Longer Optional – Shamsul Arefin
In 1957, sociology arrived at the University of Dhaka not because Bengali scholars had demanded it, but because a French…
Hilsa as Culture and Livelihood: A Sociological Reflection – Uthsa Sarker
Bengal can be understood through its rivers or through a single fish that has come to carry all of them.…
Thinking Less, Producing More? A Freirean Critique of AI in Research – Amit Yadav
In A Pedagogy for Liberation (1987), Ira Shor and Paulo Freire criticised the banking model of education, in which learners…
A Call for Internet Voting in India: Register, Selfie-check, Vote, Verify – Aditya Raj and Himanshu Sharma
India is the largest democracy in the world. Our country conducts the world’s biggest elections with great pride and accountability.…
From Sanskritization to Annihilation: What Indian Sociology Must Learn From B.R. Ambedkar – Abhijay Rambabu
While several scholars in India have engaged with Dr B.R Ambedkar’s political and philosophical ideas, sociologists in India have long…
The Cyborgian Citizen? Or Subscriber Citizen? Enumeration, Denizenship, and the Indian Documentary State – Suhash Bhattacharjee
In June 2026, a Ministry of External Affairs official during a press conference made a statement while answering questions from…
Of Promises, Permissions and Possible Lives in Main Wapas Aaunga – Jyoti Dalal
In Imtiaz Ali’s Main Waapis Aaunga, the promise to return finds its softer counterpart in the permission to leave. If…
Mandai Metro Station: Inclusion by Exclusion – Soumya Khandate
At Pune’s Mahatma Phule Mandai, vendors of vegetables, flowers, bangles and bamboo have spent generations building their trade. Then the…
Munshi Premchand at 146: Finding a Sociologist in a Literary Icon – Vinay Suhalka
I read my first Premchand short story in grade 4, aged 10, as part of my school Hindi syllabus. It…