Asli & Nakli: Paper Reality, Bordering Practices and Precarious Bodies in India – Anamta Husain
Borders are a defining element of the modern state. As markers of territorial sovereignty, they have foregrounded the idea of…
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf (1990): A Review by Shrishti Kumari
Naomi Wolf is an American author and journalist well known for her contribution to feminist thoughts, particularly through her ground-breaking…
Riverside Stories: Writings From Assam by Banamallika (2024): A Review by Rahul Bishnoi
Riverside Stories: Writings From Assam is an anthology of poetry, prose, illustrations, and graphic art collected by Banamallika and published…
Gendered Bodies and Worlds of Labour: Re-Conceptualising Dignity After Puttaswamy vs. Union of India by Kalpana Kannabiran and Devi Jagani (2024): A Review by Mihir Rajamane
In Gendered Bodies and Worlds of Labour: Re-Conceptualising Dignity After Puttaswamy vs. Union of India (published by Zubaan in 2024),…
The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability by Jasbir K. Puar (2017): A Review by Akanksha Rao
Jasbir K. Puar’s The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (published by Duke University Press in 2017) is a timely…
Intimacy and Injury: In the wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa edited by Nicky Falkof, Shilpa Phadke and Srila Roy (2022): A Review by Sabeeha Shaheen
Intimacy and Injury: In the wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa edited by Nicky Falkof, Shilpa Phadke and Srila Roy…
Body, Health and Society: A Conversation with V. Sujatha
V. Sujatha is a Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS), School of Social Sciences (SSS),…
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici (2004): A Review by Anjali Chauhan
Histories have not only been simply histories but gendered histories, where women, as both subject-object of studies and writer-reader of…
‘Male Breasts’ and Masculinity: A Critical Look at the ‘Ideal Body’ – Aashirwad Chakravarty
An anonymous quote from the internet says: “Don’t let your mind bully your Body”[i]. Herbert Mead’s Mind, Self and Society…