A Book Discussion on Set Adrift: Capitalist Transformations and Community Politics
Dr Gayatri Nair is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology…
A Book Discussion on Streets in Motion: : The Making of Infrastructure, Property, and Political Culture in Twentieth-century Calcutta
Doing Sociology discussed Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay’s on Streets in Motion: The Making of Infrastructure, Property, and Political Culture in Twentieth-century Calcutta.…
Neoliberalism, Urbanization, and Aspirations in Contemporary India edited by Sujata Patel (2022): A Review by Tania Debnath
Neoliberalism has had a profound impact on societies in the global South. India has been no exception. It has led…
From Public School Grounds to Railway Platforms: On the Production of Public Spaces in Indian Small Towns – Vadivel Chinnadurai
As Neil Smith, a revolutionary geographer, along with Setha Low has written in the introduction of their edited work The…
Homeward: Towards A Poetics of Space edited by Soibam Haripriya (2022): A Review By Yana Azaad
Homewards: Towards a Politics of Space is an anthology of short stories, poems, personal essays and art (digital and hand…
Understanding Mobility, Social Instability and Insecurity through Theories of Urbanism – Kirti Koushika
Introduction Urbanisation is a widespread phenomenon in contemporary times. In countries such as India and elsewhere in the Global South…
Set Adrift: Capitalist Transformations and Community Politics along Mumbai’s Shore by Gayatri Nair (2021): A Review by Laxmi Vadapalli
The book Set Adrift: Capitalist Transformations and Community Politics along Mumbai’s Shore (published by Oxford University Press) by Gayatri Nair,…
Masculinity, Mobility and the Indian Middle Class: A Discussion with Michiel Baas
The Doing sociology team spoke to Michiel Baas on his new book Muscular India: Masculinity, Mobility and the New Middle…
Entitlements and Exploitation: A Pandemic Story of the Urban Middle Classes of Delhi NCR – Shreya Urvashi and Ushosee Pal
Over two decades post-millennium, Indian cities, and suburbs have increasingly grown to become sites of the socio-economic and political advancements.…