The Gravity of Hope by Sreeparna Chattopadhyay (2023): A Review by Shabeeh Rahat
Sreeparna Chattopadhyay’s The Gravity of Hope (published by Crossed Arrows in 2023)is an ethnographic account of domestic abuse and domestic…
The Caste Question in Hindi Cinema: The Politics of Identity Representation in Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai – Sanhita Chatterjee
Post-liberalisation, the Hindi film industry in Mumbai has increasingly embraced stories that portray the lives of the elite to cater…
Portrayal Of Masculinity in The Way Of The Househusband – Madhusmita Devi and Prerona Barman
Based on the Manga ‘Gokushufudou: The Way of the Househusband’, The Way of the Househusband (directed by Chiaki Kon) was…
Gender in Modern India: History, Culture, Marginality edited by Lata Singh and Shashank Sekhar Sinha (2024): A Review by Atreyee Sengupta
Spanning across colonial and postcolonial timelines, various academic disciplines, and several regions in India, Gender in Modern India: History, Culture,…
Gender, Space and Agency in India: Exploring Regional Genderscapes by Anindita Datta (2021): A Review by Jagadhatri Singh
Gender, Space, and Agency in India: Exploring Regional Genderscapes (published by Routledge in 2021) by Anindita Dutta is a collection…
Social Mobility, Identities and Ethnography: An Interview with Divya Vaid
Divya Vaid is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She has an MSc and…
Beacon of Hope: A Gendered Homage to the Iron-willed Woman of Assam: Birubala Rabha – Meghna Dutta
It’s been almost a decade since my maternal aunt forwarded an article on Witch hunting and its menace which is…
Gendering Dalit Christian Experience Through Bottu – Jidugu Kavya Harshitha
Bottu, a Telugu term referring to a decorative dot put on Hindu women’s foreheads, between the eyebrows, or in the…
No Nation for Women: Reportage on Rape from India, the World’s Largest Democracy by Priyanka Dubey (2018): A Review by Srilagna Majumdar
Feminism begins with a basic recognition and a simple question. The recognition is that women have adhered to a class…
Why Would I be Married Here? Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India by Reena Kukreja (2022): A Review by Khushbu Sharma
Marriage as an institution has not received adequate attention from the ‘mainstream’ and ‘traditional’ political science. Owing to its relegation…