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 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…
The Modern Neophyte – Shreya Mukherjee
Just a few months ago, there was a discussion in my MA classroom during one of our lectures in a…
Dead in Benaras: Ethnography of Funeral Travelling by Ravi Nandan Singh (2022): A Review by Snigdha Vishnoi
Ravi Nandan’s Dead in Benaras: Ethnography of Funeral Travelling, published by Oxford University Press in 2022, is a compelling ethnographical…
A Visual Analysis of Memorials in Punjab: A Conversation with Radhika Chopra
Radhika Chopra was a Professor in Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi before she retired in August…