Dahaad: Love, Sex and Demography – Tannistha Samanta
The “love, sex aur dhoka” genre unfolds chillingly in Amazon Prime Video’s recent offering, Dahaad. Directors Reema Kagti and Zoya…
Modernity of Slavery: Struggles Against Caste Inequality in Colonial Kerala by P. Sanal Mohan (2015): A Review by Benu Verma
P. Sanal Mohan’s (2015) Modernity of Slavery: Struggles Against Caste Inequality in Colonial Kerala (published by the Oxford University Press,…
My Life: The Journey of a Dalit Sociologist by Govardhan Wankhede (2020): A Review by Rajshree Chanchal
Many Dalit autobiographies recount the discrimination, oppression, and struggle to access and complete education in a graded inequality-based Hindu social…
Police Matters: The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900-1975 by Radha Kumar (2021): A Review by Nayanika Singhal
Reviewing Radha Kumar’s brilliantly written book Police Matters: The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900-1975 (published by…
‘Do You Know How to Cook?’ Reflections On Women’s Expected Roles in Arranged Marriages – Riona Basu
Early in 2022 a section of social media users who identified themselves as men’s rights activists wanted a marriage ban…
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…
Ambedkar’s Hands – Ankit Kawade
“Apes, too, have organs that can grasp, but they do not have hands.” Martin Heidegger, What Is Called Thinking? “The…
Cultural Construction of ‘Uncleanliness’ – Shivani Chunekar
In India, the term ‘social distancing’ has a history that is closely associated with caste. The term ‘social distancing’ has…
Remembering Gail Omvedt: Reflections and Lessons
An Online Panel Discussion on Remembering Gail Omvedt: Reflections and Lessons was organized by Doing Sociology on 2nd October 2021.…
Redefining University Spaces – Upali Bhattacharya
Universities are meant to be free spaces that catalyse critical and scientific thinking, creating conditions for liberty, equality and fraternity.…