Law, Family Courts And Ethnography In India: An Interview With Srimati Basu
Srimati Basu is a Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. She is the…
Contesting Masculinities and Agency of Women in Kashmir by Amya Agarwal (2022): A Review by Aatina Nasir Malik
Amya Agarwal’s Contesting Masculinities and Agency of Women in Kashmir (published by Rowman and Littlefield in 2022) entails a discussion…
Masculinity in Bollywood Films – Oishika Ghosh
In a patriarchal society, there are dominant ideas about the feminine and masculine. This would however vary across different sections…
Skin Colour Politics: Whiteness and Beauty in India by Nina Kullrich (2022): A Review by Paro Mishra
In May 2022, I read about Google’s initiative to expand on Pixel’s Real Tone to accurately depict diverse skin tone…
Genders in Production: Making Workers in Mexico’s Global Factories by Leslie Salzinger (2003): A Review by Krithi Ramaswamy
Who is an ideal worker? While there is no singular answer to this question, Leslie Salzinger’s ‘Genders in Production: Making…
Mining, Displacement And Matriliny in Meghalaya: Gendered Transitions by Bitopi Dutta (2022): A Review by Jyoti Das
The word ‘development’ as we understand it today mostly in the form of state-sponsored development has always been a matter…
‘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…
A Book Discussion on Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India
In this conversation, we discuss the book Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India, edited by…
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…
Sexuality, Abjection and Queer Existence in Contemporary India edited by Pushpesh Kumar (2022): A Review by Anurekha Chari Wagh
The book titled Sexuality, Abjection and Queer Existence in Contemporary India, edited by Pushpesh Kumar highlights the complex ways in…