Songs for the Motherland and Scars on Her Skin: A Sociological Take on Nationhood, Gender, and Public Neglect – Antara Misra
Our country has long been imagined as Bharat Mata or Mother India, symbolising a sacred land nurturing and protecting her…
Does Caste not exist in Indian Classical Music Anymore? The Need for Critical Change in Music Pedagogy in India – Devesh Bisht
It is easy to undermine how deeply entrenched caste is in every aspect of our lives. Only those who lie…
The Ritual of Obscene: A Sociological Reflection on Chudakhai Yatra in Rural Odisha, India – Sanatan Karna
Growing up in a rural village in Odisha, I witnessed several rituals and traditions that puzzled and fascinated me every…
The Ghazal Eros: Lyric Queerness in History by Shad Naved (2025): A Review by Yash Singh Sisodiya
Shad Naved’s The Ghazal Eros: Lyric Queerness in History (published by Tulika Books in 2025) is a groundbreaking and genre-defining…
H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars by Kunal Purohit (2023): A Review by Vansh Yadav
“..the use of popular culture by the Hindu right-wing has been barely studied, even less understood. This book hopes to…
The River Knows Her Name: Kabutari Devi, Caste, And The Unarchived Voices Of Uttarakhand – Ajay Singh Karki
The past few years have been transformative for Uttarakhand’s music scene. On one end the catchy tune “Gulabi Sharara,” (2023)…
AfroAsian Musical Imaginaries of Circulations and Interconnections edited by Sumangala Damodaran (2024): A Review by Parvathi Krishnan
AfroAsian Musical Imaginaries: Of Circulations and Interconnections edited by Sumangala Damodaran (published by Tulika Books in 2024) is a scholarly…
Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality by Sebanti Chatterjee (2023): A Review by Akash Jash
Sebanti Chatterjee’s captivating book Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality (published by Bloomsbury in 2023) takes readers on…
A Book Discussion on Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality
Sebanti Chatterjee is a cultural anthropologist who is interested in Sound Studies, Gender Studies, and Religious Studies. Occasionally she dabbles…