Laughing at Honour: Women’s Agency Beyond Respectability Politics in Maa Behen – Bonti Neog
Paradox of the Perfect Woman Laughter does not rectify systemic inequalities; rather, it signifies a rejection of fear-based control of…
Die, My Love: An Ode to the Unabashed Instability of the Feminine Abject – Tannistha Samanta
In director Lynn Ramsay’s latest film, Die, My Love (2025), female subjects are unapologetically unhinged- caught in a delirium of…
Songs for the Motherland and Scars on Her Skin: A Sociological Take on Nationhood, Gender, and Public Neglect – Antara Misra
Our country has long been imagined as Bharat Mata or Mother India, symbolising a sacred land nurturing and protecting her…
Community, Category, and the State: Hijras in Contemporary Queer Discourse
Community, Category, and the State: Hijras in Contemporary Queer Discourse A Discussion with Pushpesh Kumar and Sayantan Datta Pushpesh Kumar…
The Making and Unmaking of Domestic Workers in India: A conundrum of Data, Law and Policy – Aditi Yajnik
Introduction: Domestic Workers at the Margins of Labour Law Every year, Jantar Mantar becomes the centre of domestic worker mobilisations…
On Women, Artificial Intelligence and Its Real Consequences – Shimaila Mushtaq
AI has raised concerns and anxieties regarding loss of jobs, digital scams, data privacy, geopolitics, and even the potential to…
Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in India edited by Jayna Kothari (2026): A Review by Ruchi Nanwani
The foundation of the recently published Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in India, edited by…
Between the Toilet and the Field Lies a Story: Gender, Leisure, and Infrastructural Refusal in Rural Uttar Pradesh – Neelima
Introduction: Revisiting the Village, Rethinking the Toilet Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to visit my…
Sociology of Gender: An Overview by Maitrayee Chaudhuri
Professor Maitrayee Chaudhuri has retired from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New…
AI Summit in India: (In)security, (In)decency and the Body – Rishiraj Sen and Dibyashree Mahanta
The AI Impact Summit 2026, held in India, which was promoted as the world’s ‘largest and most historic’ AI summit,…