Kinship in Crisis: Navigating Immigration Amidst a Global Pandemic – Sarah Nandi
Introduction Immigration is one of the most hotly contested electoral issues, but the discourses of migration politics often invisibilize the…
Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Breast Giver’: A Synopsis – Riddhi Chakraborty
Introduction The story ‘Breast Giver’ was written by Mahasweta Devi in 1987. In this story, the author talks about Jashoda,…
The Contemporary Indian Family: Transitions and Diversity edited by B Devi Prasad, Srilatha Juvva and Mahima Nayar (2020): A Review by Priyasha Choudhary
The Indian family has undergone considerable changes in structure and dynamics. From the traditional form of the joint family (D’cruz…
Munu And Marriage: Expectations, Constraints and the Question of Women’s Autonomy – Sanjib Kalita
My mother called. She asked me if I wish to talk to Munu Ba[i]. She gave the phone to her.…
Kinship, Relatedness and Multi-Species Ethnography in India: An Interview with Radhika Govindrajan
Radhika Govindrajan teaches in the Department of Anthropology, University of Washington. She is a cultural anthropologist who works across the…
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…
Challenging Gender Inequalities in Land Rights and Forest Governance: An Interview with Bina Agarwal
Bina Agarwal is a Professor of Development Economics and Environment at The University of Manchester, UK, which she joined in…
A Conversation on Reproduction, Ethics and Legality with Tulsi Patel
Tulsi Patel was a Professor in Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics before retiring. She was the Rotating Chair,…
Understanding Kinship and Childhood Through K-Drama – Rahul Singh
I have been a Sociology student for the last seven years, and the study of kinship remains a slightly difficult…
Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness In India’s Central Himalayas by Radhika Govindrajan (2018): A Review by Jayaprakash Mishra
Drawing on her ethnography in the Kumaon region of the Himalayas, Radhika Govindrajan in the book Animal Intimacies: Beastly Love…