Schools, Space and Culinary Capital by Gurpinder Singh Lalli (2022): A Review by Sriti Ganguly
For sociologists, the school serves as one of the most crucial sites of socialization. Literature is abundant in the field…
‘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…
Gender, Health and Child Malnutrition In India – Pragati Dubey
Gender relations of power constitute the root causes of gender inequality and are among the most influential social indicators of…
Food Culture Studies in India: Consumption, Representation and Mediation – Edited by Simi Malhotra, Sakshi Dogra and Kanika Sharma (2021): A Review by Sohni Chakrabarti
Food is a powerful tool for the analysis of identities, societies and cultures. Food may uphold the status quo by…
Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices edited by Anitra Nelson and Ferne Edwards (2021): A Review by Rituparna Patgiri
The urgency of addressing climate change cannot be overemphasised. With increasing debates on climate change and planetary sustainability, the concept…
Gullah Cuisine as Cultural Retainment and Resistance – Keegan Sweeney
The Lowcountry and surrounding South Carolina’s sea islands have evolved, hosting different groups of people pushing and pulling on one…
From ‘Amma canteen’ of Jayalalitha to ‘Maa kitchen’ of Mamata Banerjee: A saga of Food, Politics and Motherhood – Sritama Chaudhuri
Introduction Motherhood has biological and symbolical significance in different world cultures (Macquillan et. al. 2008). Mothers in the South Asian…
The Wait for a New Legislation on Lynching – K. S. Vaishnavi
On 30th September 2015, BBC reported the lynching of a 50-year-old man named Mohammed Aklaq in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh.[i] Aklaq…
Shutki, Shedol and the Sylheti community of Assam – Krittika Bhuiya
Image source: When a Bong Cooks (https://whenabongcooks.com) Food is central to our social identities and forms an indispensable part of…
Visual Fantasies, Food and Women – Pooja Kalita
A few weeks back, my cousin sister and I planned an evening out to have some food together in Guwahati. …