Trigger Warning: The essay discusses an experiential phenomenon existing parallel to, while not being convergent with, suicidal thoughts and self-harm.…
“I’m just a paavam[1]small-town wedding shooter, ain’t got no interesting life stories to share with you that’d be worth snappin’…
The gradual rise of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in India’s political landscape since its founding in 1984 significantly boosted…
Fieldwork is a crucial element for doing original research, more commonly in disciplines such as sociology, anthropology and economics within…
A few days ago, I was travelling in a car with my family and we passed by a famous park…
Eight-year-old Budhuram Tudu had picked up the Dasai movements by simply watching his group practise their yearly Dasai dance in…
The children of Jharkhand, when not collecting ‘dhibra’[i] with the elders, go to school, or play, at the foothills of…
As a performative ritual, Theyyam is a cult confined to the socio-cultural matrix of northern Kerala. A kaleidoscope of colour…
Despite the overall U.S. first-marriage rate for ages 18 to 49 being 48.9 per 1,000, for people with disabilities, it…
“Where are you from?” “My Abba’s village is from Jonia in Barpeta district.” “Oh! My village is Goroimari (near Jonia);…