Disability’s Discontents – Vinay Suhalka and Tannistha Samanta
The topic of disability has been recently in debate in legal and policy circles following allegations that a trainee officer…
Turup: A Tapestry of Identity, Power, and Resistance – Jahnvi Dwivedi
The cinematic immersion in Turup (2017) is a testament to the collaborative efforts of Ektara Collective. It is made by…
When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799 by Purnima Dhavan (2011): A Review by Navpreet Kaur
Purnima Dhavan’s book When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799 (published by Oxford University Press)…
Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras by Radhika Iyengar (2023): A Review by Rana Abhyendra Singh
Radhika Iyengar’s Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras (published by Fourth Estate India) in 2023describes the…
The Oxford Handbook of Caste edited by Surinder S. Jodhka and Jules Naudet (2023): A Review by Ankush Pal
The notion of caste is often seen as a remnant of the past, which India’s modernisation and development would push…
Social Mobility, Identities and Ethnography: An Interview with Divya Vaid
Divya Vaid is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She has an MSc and…
The Final Farewell: Understanding the Last Rites and Rituals of India’s Major Faiths by Minakshi Dewan (2023): A Review by Chittajit Mitra
Death is possibly the only confirmed event that comes with life, but even then in many cases, it is introduced…
Turkish-Islamic Synthesis: With the Eyes of Friend and Foe by Ahmet Yılmaz Boyunağa (1970): A Review by Uğur Berk Kalelioğlu
A book that was lost on the dusty shelves of Ankara’s old bibliopoles reached into my hands by chance while…
Gendering Dalit Christian Experience Through Bottu – Jidugu Kavya Harshitha
Bottu, a Telugu term referring to a decorative dot put on Hindu women’s foreheads, between the eyebrows, or in the…
On Tuesdays, We Eat Veg – Mahashewta Bhattacharya
Vegetarianism as a day marked off every week had crept into their nuclear household at least a decade after Sneha…