Coming Out of Partition: Refugee Women Of Bengal by Gargi Chakravartty (2025): A Review by Dev Raj
British India’s partition in August 1947 led to the formation of two nation-states – India and Pakistan. On that day,…
A Quiet Fire: Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp and the Everyday Resistance of Muslim Women – Ismail Salahuddin and Mohammad Asif
In an era where gender inequality remains deeply entrenched, Banu Mushtaq’s 2025 Booker Prize-winning novel Heart Lamp: Selected Stories (published…
Care, Gender and the State: A Conversation with Rajni Palriwala
Rajni Palriwala was a Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Her…
Everyday Toilet Practices in my Childhood: Unveiling the Structures of Caste and Gender – Ankita Chatterjee
I grew up in a Brahmin family in Kolkata during the 1990s and 2000s. Toilets have always been a source…
Why Do We Care So Much About Physical Beauty? – Rishiraj Nath
A few days ago, my mother and aunt were talking and discussing potential brides for my cousin, who wants to…
Sociology of Sports: Exploring the Nexus of Race, Class, and Gender – Deepak Rathour
Sport is a pervasive social institution in nearly every society around the world. To ignore sport is to overlook a…
Women in Science: A Conversation with Namrata Gupta
Namrata Gupta is a sociologist, and her research has focused on gender in STEM, particularly on women scientists in academia…
Lana Del Rey-ification of Women: The Political Economy of Melancholic Femininity – Sanandita Chakraborty
You’ve seen her. She’s crying in candlelight, lips smudged, captioned ‘Born to Die’ with 12k likes. The body that moves…
Gendered Spaces and the Public Sphere: A Critical Reflection on Delhi Metro’s Women-Only Compartment Notice – Prachi Shanker
Public notices serve a purpose beyond merely delivering information; they play an active role in influencing how people perceive, engage…
Sex and the City: Decoding the Series Sociologically – Upali Bhattacharya
Rewatching Sex and the City as a show today can be both confusing and liberating. Confusing, in the sense, that…