An idea called ‘Private’ – Mayuri Samant
The ‘family’, the most ‘tangible’ form of the private, is assumed to be so central to human existence that it…
The Middle Class in India: Culture, Politics and Consumption: An Interview with Leela Fernandes
The Doing Sociology team interviewed Prof. Leela Fernandes. She is the Director of the Stanley D. Golub Chair of International…
The Role of Socialization in Construction of Womanhood – Beatrice Chopra
Feminists often see socialization as the overwhelming force which pushes women (and to a lesser extent men) into narrow and…
Gendered Violence, Party Politics, And Colonial Histories: A Conversation with Manali Desai
Manali Desai is a Reader, and a Fellow of Newnham College in the University of Cambridge. In 2020, she assumed…
Menstruation, Pain and Silence – Ashlesha Gogoi
The human body experiences pain. According to an article published in Nature, pain happens when “neural sensors in the skin,…
Caste and Gender, Theory and Experience: An Interview with Cynthia Stephen
The Doing Sociology team interviewed Cynthia Stephen, a thinker and activist who works on the issues of the marginalized. We…