Medium is Still the Message – Krishan Takhar
Any society would be shaken by the gruesome acts of terror like what occurred at Pahalgam. The question one asks…
Meme-ing Resistance: Digital Satire as a Tool for Socio-political Critique – Anurag Kumar Bauddh
Introduction Satire has long been a tool for people to express dissent against power. In the past, songs, jokes, and…
Cow Dung and the Classroom: Politicisation, Sustainability, and the Symbolic Politics of Higher Education in India – Simran Singh
Introduction The recent controversy at Laxmibai College, University of Delhi, over the use of cow dung as a cooling agent…
Middle-Class Apartments – Whatsapp Groups, Religion, and Class Politics – Sahithi Sanaka
These observations come from living in a middle-class apartment as a member of the “ladies of the apartment” WhatsApp group.…
Performing Memories and Weaving Archives: Creolized Cultures Across the Indian Ocean by Sayan Dey (2023): A Review by Devanjan Khuntia
Sayan Dey compels the reader to extend its ‘obvious’ academic understanding of sociological terms such as diaspora, migration, culture and…
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…
The Story of My ‘Imperfect’ English – Vadivel Chinnadurai
What has long been the norm in Indian academic setups, and also among the Indian diasporic academic communities abroad, is…
Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy: Speaking Truth to Power edited by Rashi Bhargava and Richa Chilana (2023): A Review by Harmanpreet Kaur
We live in times of increasing censorship in media and of free speech. Where Munawar Faruqui, a stand-up comedian gets…
Indigenous Peoples and Borders edited by Sheryl Lightfoot and Elsa Stamatopoulou (2023): A Review by Tania Sen
Indigenous Peoples and Borders, edited by Sheryl Lightfoot and Elsa Stamatopoulou and published by Duke University Press in 2023, is…
Sociology of Sports: Issues and Trends
Sociology of Sports: Issues and Trends Balbir Singh Aulakh is a doctoral scholar at the School of Habitat Studies, Tata…