Ashwin Varghese A time use sheet, when filled reflectively, can be a potent tool to learn about gender and privilege. I was privy to this exercise during a WISCOMP workshop on Gender and Higher Education held at Kanya Maha Vidyala, Jalandhar. Time-Use Surveys are a methodological tool deployed to decipher in detail the daily activities …
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Vishakha Singhania Do you think that it is possible to live joyously, come what may? To find out the answer do read on… The year 2019 went by quickly. We created so many thought patterns. We structured and labelled given bits of information in different ways. Various events happened. We liked some of them. We …
Ashwin Varghese For the past one year, I have been conducting fieldwork for my doctoral research, in police stations in India. This phase in my research has made me reflect more and more on the trope of ‘objectivity’ in social sciences. Reflecting back on methodology courses in my Masters and Doctoral coursework in Sociology, I …
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Male and female, The truth and the tale; Rich and poor, The victim and the doer; The haves and the have-nots Just think of the endless battles we’ve fought! Putting the other low, Won’t set the ‘Self’ aglow Keep sulking, keep shifting the blame Remain trapped in this tiresome game! Am I just my body? …
Johanna Rabindran I’ve spent hundreds of hours poring over floor plans, the more complicated the better. I trace the path from bed to doorstep. I squeal over open corridors and tiled balconies and rooms built around a central courtyard. I’ve designed libraries, schools, palaces, tree-houses, bookshops, gardens and toy-rooms, all for the sheer pleasure of …
Swastika Jajoo [This poem was first performed at a TEDx talk that I had the opportunity to give at Tohoku University, Japan. The full talk can be found here I am seven, or younger. My grandmother tells me a story. The words slowly work their way into the little world of a little girl. I …
Johanna Rabindran Although, technically speaking, all humans eat food, the practices related to cooking, eating, and feeding are deeply embedded in culture and identity. Politics and power are reflected in food practices (the vegan movement, the beef ban, malnutrition, and so on). In The Anthropology of Food and Body, Counihan argues that as a site …
Rashmi Chakravarty Ramayana, the epic Hindu mythological tale holds a revered and prestigious position in not just India, but also in several other countries, like Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos etc. And while Valmiki” Ramayana, probably the oldest one, continues to be the most famous one, it is by no means the only one. Several other …
Swastika Jajoo i still can’t say ‘femininity’ without tripping on the i’s-feminity – feminininity – femininity.you see, if only it fit as well on my tongue as it does in all these dictionaries.for instance, an established definition of femininity reads something along the lines of‘the quality of being female; womanliness’and supports it with an appropriate …
Swastika Jajoo This article examines gender performativity of Kawaii entrenched in the Japanese culture. Through her piece she explores various facets of this sexist culture leading to infantilisation and objectification of young school girls and women in Japan. I. INTRODUCTION Didier Andre Guillot writes in an opinion article published in The Japan Times in July …
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