“When there is a loss of the symbolic universe alongside the loss of language, then people’s epistemological and ontological imagination…

“We need to reconnect with our culture, not surround ourselves with white people doing white things”, remains one of the…

As a performative ritual, Theyyam is a cult confined to the socio-cultural matrix of northern Kerala. A kaleidoscope of colour…

This is the second essay in the series of essays on Sindhi language and literature in India. With my essays,…

Introduction Suheel Rasool Mir’s Cultural Encyclopaedia of the Dard Tribe: Journey Through Gurez and Ladakh (published by Wings Publication International…

What has long been the norm in Indian academic setups, and also among the Indian diasporic academic communities abroad, is…

In India, Sindhis are considered to be an entrepreneurial lot. They are seen as a minority community that understands how…

Vernacular Politics in Northeast India: Democracy, Ethnicity and Indigeneity edited by Jelle J.P. Wouters (published by Oxford University Press in…

Around the globe, there is a pattern in the gendered nature of abuse or slurs in almost every language. The…

Jelle J.P. Wouters is a social anthropologist and associate professor at Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan. He studied Anthropology in Amsterdam,…