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Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in India edited by Jayna Kothari (2026): A Review by Ruchi Nanwani
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (885+ words) Doing Sociology Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in India edited by Jayna Kothari (2026): A Review by Ruchi Nanwani The foundation of the recently published Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in…...
Making Sociology Matter: Public Sociology and Digital Media: A Conversation with Michaela Benson
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (127+ words) Doing Sociology Making Sociology Matter: Public Sociology and Digital Media: A Conversation with Michaela Benson Michaela Benson (she/her) is Professor in Public Sociology at Lancaster University, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and Chief Executive of the…...
Eid Away from Home: Ritual, Identity, and the Experience of Distance - Sanjida Tamanna Oishee
1+ week, 3+ day ago (216+ words) Ritual Displacement and the Loss of Collective Rhythm Eid, in its usual context, is a very collective ritual. The day progresses in a series of collective actions, prayers, greetings, meals, and visits, which evoke a sense of collective unity and…...
Do Social Studies Need Semantic Validation from the Natural Sciences? : Opinions and Questions " Niloy Pratim Kashyap
2+ week, 4+ day ago (108+ words) Citation Regimes and the Tacit Sidelining of Interpretive Voices: Giddens, A. (1984). The constitution of society: Outline of the theory of structuration. Polity Press. Latour, B. (1987). Science in action: How to follow scientists and engineers through society. Harvard University Press. Mills, C. W. (2000). The sociological…...
Between the Toilet and the Field Lies a Story: Gender, Leisure, and Infrastructural Refusal in Rural Uttar Pradesh - Neelima
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (324+ words) On my first visit, I noticed that our ancestral home did not have its own toilet. Since we visited only occasionally, we made do with a shared facility at a relative's home. It was during my second visit that we…...
Dhaka's Eid Joy Procession: Rituals, Communitas, and the Urban Public Sphere
3+ week, 2+ day ago (25+ words) Doing Sociology Dhaka's Eid Joy Procession: Rituals, Communitas, and the Urban Public Sphere...
Beyond Nehru and Patel: Sir Syed Saadulla's Clause that Shaped Indian Democracy - Jeherul Bhuyan
3+ week, 6+ day ago (247+ words) Clause 19 and the Peril of Pure Proportionality From Regional Pragmatism to National Principle A Philosophy of Governance for a Functional Republic Saadulla's intervention on Clause 19 reflects the broader philosophy he practised as Premier: a steadfast belief in pragmatism over pure…...
A Discussion on Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal with Ishita Dey
4+ week, 14+ hour ago (84+ words) Doing Sociology A Discussion on Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal with Ishita Dey Ishita Dey is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, South Asian University, Delhi. Her research interests are migration, labor, food,…...
A People's History of the Farmers' Movement, 2020-2021 (2025) edited by Shamsher Singh and Sabah Siddiqui: A Review by Vikash Kumar
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (970+ words) Doing Sociology A People's History of the Farmers' Movement, 2020-2021 (2025) edited by Shamsher Singh and Sabah Siddiqui: A Review by Vikash Kumar The farmers' movement of 2020-21 against the three farm laws was one of the most significant and historic sit-in movements…...
Rosa Luxemburg: Where Revolution in Theory and Practice Meets - Sankar Varma
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (828+ words) Rosa Luxemburg: Where Revolution in Theory and Practice Meets " Sankar Varma'Doing Sociology Rosa Luxemburg: Where Revolution in Theory and Practice Meets " Sankar Varma Living at a time when imperialist forces swallow the majority of our being, how important it is…...