Turup: A Tapestry of Identity, Power, and Resistance – Jahnvi Dwivedi
The cinematic immersion in Turup (2017) is a testament to the collaborative efforts of Ektara Collective. It is made by…
A Curious Tale of Surnames – Richa Srishti
My experience with my surname, or rather the absence of a traditional one, has significantly shaped my interactions and perceptions…
When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799 by Purnima Dhavan (2011): A Review by Navpreet Kaur
Purnima Dhavan’s book When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799 (published by Oxford University Press)…
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…
White Bound: Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race by Matthew W. Hughey (2016): A Review by S. Vasudev
In his book White Bound, Nationalist, Antacist, and the Shared Meaning of Race (published by Stanford University Press in 2016),…
Brown Saviors And Their Others: Race, Caste, Labor, And The Global Politics Of Help In India By Arjun Shankar (2023): A Review By Shradha Nediyedath
Brown Saviors and Their Others: Race, Caste, Labor, and the Global Politics of Help in India by Arjun Shankar (published…
Identity and Marginality in Northeast India: Challenges for Social Science Research edited by Hoineilhing Sitlhou (2023): A Review by Vijitha Rajan
Identity and Marginality in Northeast India: Challenges for Social Science Research edited by Hoineilhing Sitlhou and published by Orient BlackSwan…
The Political Life of Memory: Birsa Munda in Contemporary India by Rahul Ranjan (2023): A Review by Chetna Kuanr
Rahul Ranjan’s book The Political Life of Memory: Birsa Munda in Contemporary India (Cambridge University Press, 2023) examines the representation…
Between ‘Indigenous’ And the ‘Others’: The Tangled Identity Question of Muslims In Assam – Shofiul Alom Pathan
On 6 July, 20222 the Assam government decided to declare five Muslim subgroups – Goria, Moria, Syed, Deshi and Julha…
Whose Identity? The Discourse of Purity in Assam – Niloy Pratim Kashyap and Rishiraj Sen
Introduction: The northeast Indian state of Assam is rippled with a sense of contested identity fueled by a majoritarian ethnocentric…