Being in the World: Otherness and Emotion – Sapphira Beth Diengdoh
Conceptualising Otherness Johannes Fabian (1990) suggests within anthropology, the other is engaged primarily through ethnographic writing. This can inadvertently contribute…
Into the Capitalistic Field of Influencer Culture: An Analysis Through the Writings Of Pierre Bourdieu – Muskan Dhalwal
In the second half of 20th century France, what Pierre Bourdieu called “the absurd opposition between individual and society,” a…
Food: A Unifying Thread for the Bodos in Delhi – Pallavi Rabha
Food is one of the most important elements in our lives. For one thing, it is essential for our survival.…
The Everyday Lived Reality of a Segregated Urban Space in Delhi: An Ethnographic Account – Kritika Banerjee and Sarah Shaan
Segregated spaces inhabited by Muslims in India have been in the limelight from bearing the brunt of communal riots to…
You Are Not An ‘Ideal’ Brahmin: A Reflexive Note – Bhawesh Pant
Recent socio-anthropological studies have made the concept of reflexivity (Wilson & Karliova, 2021) apparent by drawing attention to researchers’ inter-subjective…
Disability’s Discontents – Vinay Suhalka and Tannistha Samanta
The topic of disability has been recently in debate in legal and policy circles following allegations that a trainee officer…
Women Doctors: At Work, At Risk – Rukmini Sen
‘Suicide’ among doctors: Data speak She was a 31-year-old trainee doctor. She was brutally raped and murdered on the night…
Celebrations, Sugar and Children’s Health in Villages – Agrima Thakur
Bhisol is a small village on the outskirts of Thane district in Maharashtra. Everyone knows everybody here. When we visited…
Bhakshak: Media, Capitalism And The System – Pratyush Rudra
Bhakshak (Devourer) – the 2024 social thriller, directed by Pulkit and produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, is a gut-wrenching portrayal…
The Caste Question in Hindi Cinema: The Politics of Identity Representation in Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai – Sanhita Chatterjee
Post-liberalisation, the Hindi film industry in Mumbai has increasingly embraced stories that portray the lives of the elite to cater…