The Unmaking of a Republic – Madhubanti Talukdar
The Bhopal of the Begums and Nawabs stands on the brink of destruction. A city’s Muslim past, threatened by the…
Savarna Solidarities In The Ambedkarite Struggle – Jatin Mathur
Recently Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students’ Association (BAPSA), a student organization in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) based upon Ambedkar’s ideas and…
Beef, Brahmins, and the Sacred: Navigating Socio-Political Dynamics of The Indian Holy Cow – Sahil Singh
The reverence for the holy cow in India is deeply entrenched in religious, social, and political realms, shaping the country’s…
Sociologists’ Futurity Formation Through Hauntology – Sheng-Hsiang Lance Peng
At its core, Sociology thrives when it casts its gaze outward, going into the knots of human society: its myriad…
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…