The Campus Meme Economy: Contextualising Memes in a University Setting – Abhijay Rambabu
Introduction The term meme was introduced by Richard Dawkins in his pathbreaking 1976 book The Selfish Gene. He defined memes…
Rituals of Selection: UGC’s New Draft and Politics of Faculty Recruitment in Indian Universities – Vidyasagar Sharma
The ongoing structural and institutional changes in Indian higher education have led to the emergence of highly political academic environments,…
The Anti-intellectual University: Ratings, Rankings and the Need for (feminist) Rage – Tannistha Samanta
The controversy surrounding the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) cannot be overstated. As an apex organization and a public…
Caste in Everyday Life: Experience and Affect: An Interview with Dhaneswar Bhoi
Dhaneswar Bhoi is an Honorary Fellow in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh and a Lecturer and Module Leader at…
Sexual Misconduct in Academia: Informing an Ethics of Care in the University edited by Erin Pritchard and Delyth Edwards (2023): A Review by Antarul Haque
Sexual Misconduct in Academia: Informing An Ethics of Care in the University, an edited volume by Erin Pritchard and Delyth…
The Good University: What Universities Actually Do and Why It’s Time for Radical Change
A Discussion on The Good University: What Universities Actually Do and Why It’s Time for Radical Change With Raewyn Connell…
Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Indian Universities: A Critical Reflection by N Sukumar (2023): A Review by Sonu Bagri
After Rohith Vemula’s suicide, Indian academia received enormous attention from scholars and policymakers, as a space not secluded but implicated…
Belonging, ‘Performance’ and Everyday Exclusion in IITs: A Critical Note on Student Suicides – Vidyasagar Sharma
The recent suicide case of Anil Kumar, a B.Tech student at IIT-Delhi, is the second incident of suicide after Ayush…
The Penalty of Motherhood in Higher Education Institutes in India – Krithika Narayanswamy
My daughter turns two soon. It is a joyous occasion. I longed to become a mother and have found it…
“You are asking us to discount all perspectives, but to think in only ‘one’ Perspective”: ‘Common Sense’ in a Private University Sociology Class – Anindita Chakrabarty
A common phrase with which many of us began our Sociology classes at the undergraduate level is ‘Sociology is not…