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…
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…
Merchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia by Divya Cherian (2023): A Review by Alfisha Sabri
One would imagine that the current state of politics in India, that is, the rapid movement towards right-wing nationalism and…
Beef, Brahmins, and the Sacred: Navigating Socio-Political Dynamics of The Indian Holy Cow – Sahil Singh
The reverence for the holy cow in India is deeply entrenched in religious, social, and political realms, shaping the country’s…
Holi Traditions And Social Order: A Study Of The Village Of Jamua – Mihir Keshari
Holi is not just a festival of colours, but rather it’s made up of diverse traditions, some of these traditions…
Citizen of New Confucianism by Chengzhi Xu (2023): A Review by George Hong Jiang
It is never difficult to imagine a good society, but it is never easy to provide a comprehensive program to…
Secularism as Misdirection: Critical Thought from the Global South by Nivedita Menon (2023): A Review by Ipshita Mitra
“We need to recognise that India is a collection of minorities, not a ‘Hindu majority’ country.”[i] My daily night walk…
Bonalu, Barricades and Majoritarianism: Experiences of Religious Polarisation in Telangana – Somnath Pati
The year was 2016. I had just travelled to the city of Hyderabad, to appear in the EFLU Entrance Examination.…
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…