The securitisation of migration in Western states has resulted in an array of restrictive laws
and policies that raise important questions about the relationship between protection and …

The caste system, its salient characteristics, and its subtle and more obvious
transformations, coupled with its persistence and pervasiveness, have been central to …

Ramachandra Guha's India after Gandhi is a magisterial account of the pains, struggles,
humiliations and glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy. A riveting …

Social and economic changes around the globe have propelled increasing numbers of
people into situations of chronic waiting, where promised access to political freedoms, social …

Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been
famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter …

Unemployment among educated young men has become a central feature of globalization.
In this article, I examine the experiences and strategies of unemployed young men in the …

Exploring the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to Bahrain,
this study contributes significantly to our understanding of politics and society among the …

It's no secret that certain social groups have predominated India's business and trading
history, with business traditionally being the preserve of particular 'Bania'communities …

This article challenges the categorization of smugglers as wicked villains by exploring
smuggling's moral economy. I present findings from two years of ethnographic field research …

Drawing upon existing literature, this paper briefly discusses aspects of conspicuous
consumption. Analysis of the construct has been done in the perspective of changing …