I have often encouraged students to pursue Sociology even after their under graduation. But now, I am rethinking my choice. I question the sheer injustice that was meted out to us when we were sacked...

Precarious employment conditions have created an unfair and unequal field of academic hierarchy.

"It is humiliating that after years of teaching, you are sidelined for reasons unknown to you," a professor said.

The dismissed staff, including some who had been working at the institute for over a decade, were all contractual employees

The Spaniard may not see himself as a role model, but his unique approach to sport and life has helped him forge a strong bond with his supporters.

The trend of doctoral scholars and researchers in Western universities hiring poorly paid Indians for fieldwork reinforces gatekeeping in knowledge production.

Thousands of teachers work under the system with no job security. Now they fear that new changes will further damage their chances of securing permanent posts.

Universities espouse a universalist approach to creating and accessing research-based knowledge. However, as Helen Kara and Petra Boynton argue, seen from the outside these claims are hollow. Perha…

As soon as news spread that the 2024 UGC-NET exam had been cancelled by the ministry of education, affected students, teachers and others started a tweetstorm about how unfair this decision was. The...

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As India's greatest sportsman since Tendulkar goes where no cricketer has gone before, he's done it in a way that's uniquely, inimitably his own

The liberalisation of the Indian economy facilitated significant changes in the eating habits of urban middle-class Indians since the 1990s. While there have be...

The Sociology Department at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi displaced five ad-hoc faculty members. This is our statement of solidarity

The liberalisation of the Indian economy facilitated significant changes in the eating habits of urban middle-class Indians since the 1990s. While there have be...

Researchers from IIM Ahmedabad, IMU Kolkata & Berhampur University behind study also emphasised need for development of national open access repository for Indian researchers.

Founded in 1962, Society enjoys a wide reputation as a journal that publishes the latest scholarship on the central questions facing contemporary society. It ...

Society - In this paper, I seek to explore the social nature of food in university hostels in India’s capital city of New Delhi. With the increasing migration of students from smaller cities...

Instructions for Authors Editorial procedure Double-blind peer review This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author ...