January, 2021 A brief run-through of the history of manual scavenging to show the inseparability of caste and manual scavenging 4 minutes read Uncles who scoff about reservations, and aunties who give water to the waste and sanitation worker in a [...]
December, 2020 Understanding India’s historical obsession with whiteness and the consequent rise of beauty salons 5 minutes read Is color discrimination a thing of post-colonial India? History suggests that it is not. Color discrimination is a thing of precolonial times and [...]
December, 2020 Connecting the dots between the historical practices of engaging in beauty and bodywork and the contemporary world of women and beauty 5 minutes read Is it only women’s desire to partake in beauty? It was not so difficult to [...]
July, 2020 An exploration of the garment industry through the historical lens 8 minutes read The history of Indian textiles is as old as human civilization. According to archaeologists, evidence of weaving has been found from Indus valley and Mohenjo-Daro civilization [...]