Reflecting on the Enterprise of Research Through the Lens of Linda Smith – Umang Verma
Research and epistemic violence The word ‘research’ is probably one of the dirtiest words in the Indigenous world’s vocabulary, argues…
Whose Academia is it? Global South Still Struggles to Feel Included – Rishiraj Sen
Academia often asserts itself as a space open to dialogue, inclusive in nature, and considerate of diverse knowledge systems. However,…
Digital Democracy: Social Media’s Role in the 2024 Indian Elections – Srishti Ganguly
On June 4, the enormous task of tallying millions of votes for the 18th Lok Sabha election was completed by the Election Commission of India, marking the world’s greatest six-week, seven-phase democratic process. Like many others, I found myself immersed in social media, particularly Instagram’s ‘reel’ section, where I spent hours…
The Birth of a New Knowledge System – Ritwik Rathod
Methodological questions about knowledge construction saw shifts in a colonially mediated modern India. Questions about an Indian way of thinking…
Sexuality Reimagined: MSM in Modern India by Shailja Tandon (2023): A Review by Nupur Pattanaik
In Sexuality Reimagined: MSM in Modern India (published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2023), Shalija Tandon examines the question of how…
Ethnographers before Malinowski: Pioneers of Anthropological Fieldwork, 1870-1922 edited by Frederico Delgado Rosa and Han F. Vermeulen (2022): A Review by Ashwin Tripathi
Ethnographers before Malinowski: Pioneers of Anthropological Fieldwork, 1870-1922 edited by Frederico Delgado Rosa and Han F. Vermeulen (published by Berghahn…
Global Sociology and Building Bridges: A Conversation with Geoffrey Pleyers
Geoffrey Pleyers is an F.R.S-FNRS researcher and professor of Sociology at the University of Louvain, Belgium. He is also the…
The Role of Professional Bodies in the Development of Sociology
Bandana Purkayastha is the Vice President for National Associations in the International Sociological Association (ISA). She is a Board of…
Instant Access, Unequal Knowledge and Democracy – Maitrayee Chaudhuri
New information and communication technologies have ushered in a world of 24×7 breaking news; Twitter fights; WhatsApp messages; Facebook posts;…
Placing the Frontier in British North-East India: Law, Custom and Knowledge by Reeju Ray (2023): A Review by Srishti Narain
Reeju Ray’s Placing the Frontier in British North-East India: Law, Custom and Knowledge (published by the Oxford University Press in…