Reading Anand Teltumbde’s The Caste Con Census: Cynicism as Method – Bihan Bandyopadhyay
The 2027 decennial census will include caste-based enumeration beyond Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the first time since 1931.…
Shifting Landscapes: Educational and Urban Transformation in India edited by Geetha B. Nambissan, Nandini Manjrekar, Shivali Tukdeo and Indra Sengupta (2025): A Review by Shadab Anis
Shifting Landscapes: Educational and Urban Transformation in India (Cambridge University Press, 2025) edited by Geetha B. Nambissan, Nandini Manjrekar, Shivali…
Meritocracy in Education: A Myth – Sunit Singh
What is Merit? It is a celebrated concept, often associated with ‘talent’, a ‘achieved status.’ But is it truly achieved,…
C Parvathamma’s Vision for Indian Sociology: Caste, Gender, and Justice – Prajwal T V and Karamala Areesh Kumar
Western thinkers largely dominate the writings on Sociology across academic institutions in India. On the other hand, those that address…
Caste: The Lies that Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson (2020): A Review by Krishan Kumar
Caste has been a persistent and defining principle of inequality and discrimination in India. In recent decades this has become…
Language of Abuse, Gender and Subordination – Subhash Bhambhu
Around the globe, there is a pattern in the gendered nature of abuse or slurs in almost every language. The…
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…
Education and the COVID-19 Pandemic – Nupur Pattanaik
Structural Inequalities and the Pandemic Early in the pandemic, the saying that everyone was in the same boat was heard…