Debating Interdisciplinarity Through the Lens of Commons – Umang Verma
The Limits of Disciplines The disciplines, such as economics, history, sociology, political science, and anthropology, that are standard today, were…
Whose Academia is it? Global South Still Struggles to Feel Included – Rishiraj Sen
Academia often asserts itself as a space open to dialogue, inclusive in nature, and considerate of diverse knowledge systems. However,…
Revisiting Paulo Freire: The Political Act of Education – Harsh Yadav
“There is no such thing as a neutral educational process. Education either functions as an instrument that is used to…
Deciphering Contemporary Silence in Indian Academic Spaces – Rama Devi and Deepshikha Sharma
Introduction In May 2023, a viral video of Kuki-Zo women being paraded naked, and who were subsequently raped by a…
Sexual Misconduct in Academia: Informing an Ethics of Care in the University edited by Erin Pritchard and Delyth Edwards (2023): A Review by Antarul Haque
Sexual Misconduct in Academia: Informing An Ethics of Care in the University, an edited volume by Erin Pritchard and Delyth…
In Praise of Criticality: An Opinion on the Production of Academic Research in India – Niloy Pratim Kashyap
Social science research in India, or at least much of it, has been characterized by a banal reiteration of an…
Unequal Ground: Favouritism and the Cultural Capital of Caste in Academia – donna
Favouritism[i] is undoubtedly a work that runs into our emotions – where we like somebody/someone over others; it exists in…
Green Academia: Towards Eco-Friendly Education Systems by Sayan Dey (2023): A Review by Nita Mishra
In 2020, Arundhati Roy, famously announced the Covid19 pandemic as a portal pleading for a reimagination of another world, and…
Green Education Systems: Towards Ecocentric Pedagogical Paradigms – Sayan Dey
This short account is about my monograph Green Academia: Towards Eco-friendly Education Systems, published by Routledge in 2022.[i] I share…
Issues of Caste, Doing Research and Activism in Bengal: A Conversation with Maroona Murmu
Maroona Murmu is currently a Professor of History at Jadavpur University. She has written a number of articles on gender…