Masculinity in the Kitchen: Gender, Power, and Culinary Labour in Kashmiri Wazwan – Arwa Rafie
Introduction: Wazwan as a Cultural and Social Institution Food has often been considered a representation of culture, identity, and heritage.…
Meet the Savarnas: Indian Millennials Whose Mediocrity Broke Everything by Ravikant Kisana (2025): A Review by Swapnil Sreemani
Meet the Savarnas: Indian Millennials Whose Mediocrity Broke Everything- the title of Ravikant Kisana’s 2025 book (published by Ebury books),…
From Empire’s Labourers To Nation’s Outsiders – Jahidul Hassan
The question of belonging is not a very old concept; it was shaped with the British annexation of Assam with…
Untouchable Goa by Dadu Mandrekar (1997) – A Review by Sampurna Dutta
Dadu Mandrekar’s Untouchable Goa (published in Marathi in 1997), rendered into English through Nikhil Baisane’s (published by Panther’s Paw Publication…
Curated Selves: Performing Identity and Authenticity on Instagram – Gyandeep Bhattacharyya
Jenny L. Davis broadly defined social media as the “set of interactive Internet applications that facilitate (collaborative or individual) creation,…
Muslim Identity in Hindi Cinema: Poetics and Politics of Genre and Representation by Mohammad Asid Siddiqui (2025): A Review by Keerthana Haridas
Muslim Identity in Hindi Cinema: Poetics and Politics of Genre and Representation (published by Routledge in 2025) by Mohammad Asid…
Identity, Dispossession and Resilience of the Subaltern: A Study of Marginalised Communities in Kashmir by Khalid Wasim Hassan, Deepanshu Mohan, Ishfaq Ahmad Wani, and Najam Us Saqib (2025): A Review by Sabahat Ali Wani
Identity, Dispossession and Resilience of the Subaltern: A Study of Marginalised Communities in Kashmir by Khalid Wasim Hassan, Deepanshu Mohan,…
Dispossession, spatial segregation and political articulation in India – Sukanya Maity
Indian cities have long served as spaces for violent outbreaks. While the exponential rise in violence has been attributed to…
Navigating the City through Food, Identity and Belongingness: Humayunpur in Delhi – Madhusmita Devi and Prerona Barman
‘Humayunpur feels like home.’ ‘I feel safe when I am there.’ ‘The food there reminds me of home.’ – …
Politics of Pronunciation: Accents, Identity and Exclusion in Neoliberal India – Anshuman Jha, Aparup Dey, Kirti Sharma, Manya Diptam, Meenu Teotia, Pavithra P. Baiju, Rashmirekha Sahoo and Swastika Patnaik
Accents are a pivotal part of our shared lived experience. The way we speak shapes a lot of things in…