Beyond Pativrata: Gender Norms and Women’s Agency in Contemporary Indian Society – Udeepta Borah
Contextualising the Debate Women in contemporary India are achieving new heights in their educational and career prospects, with women accounting…
Laughing at Honour: Women’s Agency Beyond Respectability Politics in Maa Behen – Bonti Neog
Paradox of the Perfect Woman Laughter does not rectify systemic inequalities; rather, it signifies a rejection of fear-based control of…
A Quiet Fire: Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp and the Everyday Resistance of Muslim Women – Ismail Salahuddin and Mohammad Asif
In an era where gender inequality remains deeply entrenched, Banu Mushtaq’s 2025 Booker Prize-winning novel Heart Lamp: Selected Stories (published…
Between Spaces: Navigating Autonomy, Mobility, and Solitude as a Single Woman in India – Devi D
There’s something profoundly intimate and disorienting about moving out of your family home after years of familiarity, first into hostels,…
Children’s Voices and Agency: Towards a Reflexive Reformulation – Vijitha Rajan
In the fields of childhood studies and the sociology of childhood, the concepts of children’s voice and agency have increasingly…
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: The Forerunner of the Evolution of Feminism in India – Shivani Waldekar
Every 14 April, people all over the world commemorate Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, also known as Bhim…
Marginalities and Mobilities among India’s Muslims: Elusive Citizenship edited by Tanweer Fazal, Divya Vaid and Surinder Singh Jodhka (2023): A Review by Mohd. Junaid Khan
Tanweer Fazal, Divya Vaid and Surinder Singh Jodhka’s edited book Marginalities and Mobilities among India’s Muslims: Elusive Citizenship (published by…
Decolonising Feminist Experiences: Emotions, Subjectivity and Agency: Nasrin Khandoker
Nasrin Khandoker is an anthropologist and feminist who has been working as a postdoctoral researcher in the IRC Laurette project…
Gender, Space and Agency in India: Exploring Regional Genderscapes by Anindita Datta (2021): A Review by Jagadhatri Singh
Gender, Space, and Agency in India: Exploring Regional Genderscapes (published by Routledge in 2021) by Anindita Dutta is a collection…
The Role of the Individual in History – Harshith Subramaniam
Throughout the annals of human existence, the question of the individual’s role in shaping history has been a subject of…