Anurag Kashyap’s Kafkaesque No Smoking through the lens of Goffman’s Stigma and Personality Management – Diptesh Banerjee
The origin of stigma finds its roots in the ancient Greek polis, primarily as an inscription engraved on the body…
Semiotic Meanings of Shoe-Throwing – Vijay Pal
The recent incident of shoe-hurling at Chief Justice of India BR Gavai by a septuagenarian lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, in the…
Scrolling and Spending: The Influence of Social Media on Consumer Behaviour – Shaloo Priyadarshini
Social media has changed a lot about how we live, but perhaps most significantly, how we shop. We don’t just…
Liked, Shared, Ghosted: Symbolic Interaction in Everyday Digital Life – Swastika Patnaik and Anshuman Jha
The digital and everyday social worlds increasingly overlap, with daily tasks—from ordering groceries to paying bills—now performed online. This shift…
Dispossession, spatial segregation and political articulation in India – Sukanya Maity
Indian cities have long served as spaces for violent outbreaks. While the exponential rise in violence has been attributed to…
Reflecting on the Enterprise of Research Through the Lens of Linda Smith – Umang Verma
Research and epistemic violence The word ‘research’ is probably one of the dirtiest words in the Indigenous world’s vocabulary, argues…
Uniformity or Unity? A Sociopolitical Critique of Simultaneous Elections in India – Jeherul Bhuyan
In India, the strength of democracy rests on its diversity, where each community adds an exceptional thread to the national…
Curated Belonging: Surveillance, Labour, and Intimacy in Ambience Mall – Saddam Hussain
Introduction: Mall as a Symbol of Modernity and Exclusion Ambience Mall, situated in Vasant Kunj, urban South Delhi, is a…
Everyday Toilet Practices in my Childhood: Unveiling the Structures of Caste and Gender – Ankita Chatterjee
I grew up in a Brahmin family in Kolkata during the 1990s and 2000s. Toilets have always been a source…
The Campus Meme Economy: Contextualising Memes in a University Setting – Abhijay Rambabu
Introduction The term meme was introduced by Richard Dawkins in his pathbreaking 1976 book The Selfish Gene. He defined memes…