One would imagine that the current state of politics in India, that is, the rapid movement towards right-wing nationalism and…
The reverence for the holy cow in India is deeply entrenched in religious, social, and political realms, shaping the country’s…
Holi is not just a festival of colours, but rather it’s made up of diverse traditions, some of these traditions…
It is never difficult to imagine a good society, but it is never easy to provide a comprehensive program to…
“We need to recognise that India is a collection of minorities, not a ‘Hindu majority’ country.”[i] My daily night walk…
The year was 2016. I had just travelled to the city of Hyderabad, to appear in the EFLU Entrance Examination.…
Sebanti Chatterjee’s captivating book Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality (published by Bloomsbury in 2023) takes readers on…
Sebanti Chatterjee is a cultural anthropologist who is interested in Sound Studies, Gender Studies, and Religious Studies. Occasionally she dabbles…
Karthick Ram Manoharan’s book Periyar: A Study in Political Atheism (published by Orient BlackSwan) in 2022 is a remarkable attempt…
Neeti Nair’s new book Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia (Published by Harvard University Press in 2023) advances…