South Asian History and Culture
INHERITING caste: the judicial construction of Bengali Kayastha caste identity in inheritance settlements in colonial Calcutta
Volume 14, Issue 3, July 2023, Page 336-355.
South Asian History and Culture
Dancing Women: Choreographing Corporeal Histories of Hindi Cinema
Volume 14, Issue 3, July 2023, Page 364-367.
South Asia Research
Changing Birth Practices in India: Oils, Oxytocin and Obstetrics
South Asia Research, Ahead of Print. Institutional births increased in India from 39% to 79% between 2005 and 2015. Drawing from 17 months of fieldwork, this article traces the shift from home to hospital births across three generations in a hamlet in …
South Asia Research
History of Serampore as a Danish Trading Post, 1755–1845
South Asia Research, Ahead of Print. Serampore, a small town of West Bengal, today virtually a suburb of Kolkata, has an unusual history and heritage as a Danish trading post/colony between 1755 and 1845. Creating a bustling, well-organised town, the D…