Beyond Jeans and Bindis: Identity as Healing
When representation becomes a haunting question, can cultural anthropology offer answers?
Shivani Karmarkar
Shivani Karmarkar is an anthropologist with specialisation in social development and a background in journalism, research and project coordination. Her experience includes designing and conducting surveys and interviews for academic as well as journalistic projects and developing courses and pedagogic methodologies for adult learning programmes. Having worked as a journalist with organisations like Bloomberg and Cogencis (formerly Newswire18), she also has a natural disposition to engage with diverse people and document their stories.
The Captivating Spiral of Time
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Choosing Chaos Over Control
The quest for our world now must be to find ways to navigate through uncertainty and chaos, not control it
Local Governance Lessons from the Lockdown
In her delightfully insightful column, our Executive Editor explores what helps us adopt appropriate practices in a crisis and build relevant self-governance methods
“Don’t They Have Work To Do?”
The current socio-political context of India implores us to reflect on the biases we hold for or against certain occupations and fields of study, and overcome them to build an inclusive future
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
How can a deeper understanding of the social ecosystem inform our current socio-political predicament?
Counter-Productive Measures: To See Or To Let Be?
As the Delhi government begins installing CCTV cameras across schools, we turn to psychological theories to understand why this may not be the best strategy
“Why Don’t You Get Married Already?”
The meaning of family, marriage and love has changed.Is that a cause for concern or an opportunity to grow?
Witchcraft to Watchfulness: Recognising the Thinking Act
The idea that rationality does not change with caste, class, sex, culture, etc.was proven across sciences almost a century ago. Then why do we still act like it does?
An Observer’s Manual to the Language of Protest
A young citizen reflects on her experience of public protest and suggests ways to overcome the failings of our current model
