Celebrations, Sugar and Children’s Health in Villages – Agrima Thakur
Bhisol is a small village on the outskirts of Thane district in Maharashtra. Everyone knows everybody here. When we visited…
Seed and Food Sovereignty: Eastern Himalayan Experiences edited by Dixita Deka, Bengt Karlsson, Joel Rodrigues, Meenal Tula, Dolly Kikon and Sanjay Barbora (2023): A Review by Debanjali Biswas
While examining the livelihood practices of indigenous communities rooted in the Eastern Himalayan Region comprising Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Northeast…
On Tuesdays, We Eat Veg – Mahashewta Bhattacharya
Vegetarianism as a day marked off every week had crept into their nuclear household at least a decade after Sneha…
Walking Through a Fruit and Vegetable Market in Patiala: Insights on Food and Trust Building – Rituparna Patgiri
I had a short stay of two months in Patiala, a city in Punjab known for its educational institutes like…
Beef, Brahmins, and the Sacred: Navigating Socio-Political Dynamics of The Indian Holy Cow – Sahil Singh
The reverence for the holy cow in India is deeply entrenched in religious, social, and political realms, shaping the country’s…
In Search of the Nation: Reading Culinary Texts from Colonial Bengal – Rageshree Bhattacharyya
Introduction The nationalist struggle for India’s independence was not just a mere political one. Rather it was an iconoclastic project,…
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),…
Idi In Iddiyappam: Food as A Weapon In Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey – Ann Rose Davis
Idiyappam, also known as Nool Puttu or Nool Appam, is a famous breakfast dish of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which…
Land, Resources and Nature in North-East India: Ethnographic Explorations with Dolly Kikon
Dolly Kikon is an anthropologist in the Anthropology and Development Studies Program at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses…
Serving ‘Traditional’ Food on Instagram: Visuality and Aesthetics – Rituparna Patgiri
Like most of us, I spend my free time looking at Instagram reels. During one such Instagram spree, I came…