The City that Never Knows Your Name: Loneliness in Urban Bangladesh – Mst. Fahima Akter Rima
There is a particular type of quiet that determines you in a crowd. Not the quiet of an empty room,…
The Politics of Splintered Urbanism – Tasneem Khan
Space No centre, no above, no below Ceaselessly devouring and engendering itself Whirlpool space (‘Spaces’, Octavio Paz) The recent…
Urban Emotions and the Making of the City: Interdisciplinary Perspectives edited by Katie Barclay and Jade Riddle (2021): A Review by Suraj Beri
Urban Emotions and the Making of the City: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Katie Barclay and Jade Riddle (published by Routledge…
Navigating the City through Food, Identity and Belongingness: Humayunpur in Delhi – Madhusmita Devi and Prerona Barman
‘Humayunpur feels like home.’ ‘I feel safe when I am there.’ ‘The food there reminds me of home.’ – …
Street Food, Taste and Urban Spaces: Musings with Krishnendu Ray
Krishnendu Ray is a Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University (NYU). He is…
Sex and the City: Decoding the Series Sociologically – Upali Bhattacharya
Rewatching Sex and the City as a show today can be both confusing and liberating. Confusing, in the sense, that…
The Social Action Theatrical – Bhoomi Bohara
Cultural ideas and symbols surely define the urban landscape but they are in turn redefined, remoulded, and transformed as they…
Being Single in the City: Cultural Geographies of Gendered Urban Space in Asia edited by Christiane Brosius, Jeroen de Kloet, Laila Abu-Er-Rub and Melissa Butcher (2024): A Review by Smita Choudhury
In Being Single in the City: Cultural Geographies of Gendered Urban Space in Asia edited by Christiane Brosius, Jeroen de…
Riots and After in Mumbai: Revisiting a City in Conflict in 1992–93 by Meena Menon (2024): A Review by Manisha Sobhrajani
Meena Menon, in her book Riots and After in Mumbai: Revisiting a City in Conflict in 1992–93 (published by Yoda…
Masculinity, Consumerism and the Post-National Indian City: Sanjay Srivastava
A Book Discussion On Masculinity, Consumerism and the Post-National Indian City: Streets, Neighbourhoods, Home With Sanjay Srivastava Sanjay Srivastava is…