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…
The Wait for a New Legislation on Lynching – K. S. Vaishnavi
On 30th September 2015, BBC reported the lynching of a 50-year-old man named Mohammed Aklaq in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh.[i] Aklaq…
Interrogating Communalism: Violence, Citizenship and Minorities in South India by Salah Punathil (2019): A Review by Navaneeth H.
Salah Punathil’s book, Interrogating Communalism, is an important addition to the literature on violence and inter-community relations in India. This…