Belonging, ‘Performance’ and Everyday Exclusion in IITs: A Critical Note on Student Suicides – Vidyasagar Sharma
The recent suicide case of Anil Kumar, a B.Tech student at IIT-Delhi, is the second incident of suicide after Ayush…
Caste and Partition in Bengal: The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946-1961 by Shekhar Bandyopadhyay and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury (2022): A Review by Rana Abhyendra Singh
Shekhar Bandyopadhyay and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury’s Caste and Partition in Bengal: The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946-1961 (published by…
Understanding Space and Experience in India Through Gopal Guru – E P Sarfras
‘Space’ is a term that has been variously understood throughout history by physicists, mathematicians, and social scientists. It has been…
Periyar: A Study in Political Atheism by Karthick Ram Manoharan (2022): A Review by Gayatri Balu
Karthick Ram Manoharan’s book Periyar: A Study in Political Atheism (published by Orient BlackSwan) in 2022 is a remarkable attempt…
Channar Revolt and the Contemporary Indian Context: Caste, Community and the Muslim Woman – Tahseen Fatima
The Channar Revolt that took place in the 19th century in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore reverberates even today.…
A Book Discussion on Periyar: A Study in Political Atheism
Karthick Ram Manoharan is a faculty at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He was a Marie Curie…
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…