Migrants and Militants: Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan (2004): A Review by Arman Hasan
Oskar Verkaaik’s Migrants and Militants: Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan (published by Princeton University Press in 2004) is a…
Who is Encroaching? Narratives of Land encroachment in Kantara – Kanchan Biswas and Kumuda Chandra Panigrahi
Kantara: A legend (2022) is an anthropological action thriller film that flags off issues of tribal and forest land encroachment,…
The Peda of Matabari: Religious and Economic Significance – Rituparna Patgiri
As soon as the trip to visit Agartala – Tripura’s capital city was made, I started making enquiries about what…
River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India by David Haberman (2006): A Review by Ankit
David Haberman’s River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India (published by the University…
Gujarat, Cradle and Harbinger of Identity Politics: India’s Injurious Frame of Communalism by Jan Breman and Ghanshyam Shah (2022): A Review by Mansi Malhotra
The book Gujarat, Cradle and Harbinger of Identity Politics: India’s Injurious Frame of Communalism (published by Tulika Books in 2022)…
Gods in the Time of Democracy by Kajri Jain (2021): A Review by Abir Lal Mazumder
In the post-liberalized landscape of India, Kajri Jain’s book Gods in the Time of Democracy, published by Duke University Press…
Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disenchantment by Renny Thomas (2021): A Review by Sayantan Datta
In October 2021, a video surfaced that showed the Hindu Godman Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in conversation with several established…
The Disciplinary Revolution: Calvinism and the Rise of the State in Early Modern Europe by Philip S. Gorski (2003): A Review by Arman Hasan
What is the relationship between Calvinism, discipline and the rise of the early modern state in Europe? Does the rise…
Fervour in Football and Religion: Some Discernible Similarities – Aashirwad Chakravarty
Today, football is a major global sport. Its inception is clouded with various propositions, ranging from its invention by the…
Durga Pujo in Sonagachi: A Form of Collective Solidarity and Protest – Nibedita Roy
Sex workers have been an integral part of society across histories and cultures though both the forms of sex work…