Between the Toilet and the Field Lies a Story: Gender, Leisure, and Infrastructural Refusal in Rural Uttar Pradesh – Neelima
Introduction: Revisiting the Village, Rethinking the Toilet Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to visit my…
Beyond Nehru and Patel: Sir Syed Saadulla’s Clause that Shaped Indian Democracy – Jeherul Bhuyan
In an era where India’s legislative bodies are frequently scrutinised for their functionality, the founding principles of their design demand…
Navigating Hard/ Soft Disciplinary Hierarchies Within Education: Everyday Encounters And Possibilities – Ritika Srivastava
I am a teacher engaged in integrated teacher education programs and interdisciplinary courses. These courses combine the foundation of education…
Rosa Luxemburg: Where Revolution in Theory and Practice Meets – Sankar Varma
Living at a time when imperialist forces swallow the majority of our being, how important it is to withhold our…
AI Summit in India: (In)security, (In)decency and the Body – Rishiraj Sen and Dibyashree Mahanta
The AI Impact Summit 2026, held in India, which was promoted as the world’s ‘largest and most historic’ AI summit,…
Quiet Kitchens, Subtle Agency: Strategies of Foodwork Among Young Jat Women in Haryana – Neetu Dagar
Foodwork is often viewed as household chores—natural, expected, and virtually invisible. It is common to think that cooking, eating, and…
Tagore’s Songs, Nation’s Ironies – Priyam Pritim Paul
Isn’t it striking that, although Rabindranath Tagore harboured strong reservations about the very idea of nationalism, two South Asian countries—India…
Sakrain and the Social Life of Old Dhaka’s Rooftops – Anjuman Ara
On a winter afternoon in Old Dhaka, the sky slowly changes its character. What begins as a quiet blue space…
Doing Sociology Sociologically: A Meditation On Disciplinary Integrity – Anil Kumar
“The first wisdom of sociology is this: things are not what they seem.” — Peter L. Berger (1963, p. 23)…