A Tryst with Nature: Labour, Self, and Language by Savyasaachi (2023): A Review by Tania Sen
“When there is a loss of the symbolic universe alongside the loss of language, then people’s epistemological and ontological imagination…
Leaving the Land: Indigenous Migration and Affective Labour in India by Dolly Kikon and Bengt G. Karlsson (2019): A Review by Abhishek Kumar Yadav
Leaving the Land: Indigenous Migration and Affective Labour in India by Dolly Kikon and Bengt G. Karlsson (published by Cambridge…
Death and Dying in Northeast India: Indigeneity and Afterlife edited by Parjanya Sen and Anup Shekhar Chakraborty (2024): A Review by Hamiron Timung
The discussion on death is often fraught with discomfort, yet it is an inherent, inescapable, and ubiquitous dimension of human…
The Illegitimate Child of the Motherland – Shahin Afrin
“Where are you from?” “My Abba’s village is from Jonia in Barpeta district.” “Oh! My village is Goroimari (near Jonia);…
A Panel Discussion on Tribal Studies: Emerging Themes and Approaches
Speakers: Roluahpuia Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)…
A Cross-Border Dialogue on the Himalayas
Rahul Ranjan Lecturer in Environmental and Climate Justice Moderator Department of Geography, School of Geosciences University of Edinburgh Moderator Rahul…
Indigenous Peoples and Borders edited by Sheryl Lightfoot and Elsa Stamatopoulou (2023): A Review by Tania Sen
Indigenous Peoples and Borders, edited by Sheryl Lightfoot and Elsa Stamatopoulou and published by Duke University Press in 2023, is…
Seed and Food Sovereignty: Eastern Himalayan Experiences edited by Dixita Deka, Bengt Karlsson, Joel Rodrigues, Meenal Tula, Dolly Kikon and Sanjay Barbora (2023): A Review by Debanjali Biswas
While examining the livelihood practices of indigenous communities rooted in the Eastern Himalayan Region comprising Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Northeast…
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith (1999): A Review by Mamoon Bhuyan
‘Research is probably one of the dirtiest words in the indigenous world’ (p.1). Linda Tuhiwai Smith, a leading decolonization theorist,…
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…