Holding and Beholding Art
Surjavo Sen Gupta reimagines a multisensory art gallery as a space for restoration and ocular relief through his time as a walk leader at the Flowing Heritage exhibition at Arthshila.
The Boatman of the Sewers: Queering Graphic Medicine
Suniti Madaan discusses how Amruta Patil’s graphic narrative Kari reconceptualises graphic medicine to trace the sociocultural and temporal paradigms of sickness in Mumbai.
Fragments of a Fractured Self: Narrating the In-Between in Swadesh Deepak’s Bipolar Memoir
Alina M. Jolly and Rayson K. Alex review I Have Not Seen Mandu, exploring its literary and epistemological disruptions of India’s mental health climate.
We Are Where We Are: Evolution and the Modern World
Saurabh Chowdhury writes from an anthropological perspective to discuss the entanglements between evolutionary biological variations and modern sociocultural prejudices. Over millions of years, the human body has evolved with a wide range of variations.
Book Review: Sleepless Planet
Sathyaraj Venkatesan reviews Maureen Burdock’s 2025 comic publication, Sleepless Planet: A Guide to Healing from Insomnia, exploring its role as a graphic narrative in portraying sociocultural dynamics of sleep.
Masala and Mangoes: Cultural Challenges in Implementing Dietary Changes in North India
Erika Pathó analyses the challenges related to the adoption of a Western-designed dietary measure to manage IBS symptoms in India, focusing on patients’ accounts of their experiences of dietary change.
(Empire)ical Tools: from Callipers to Cameras
Surjavo Sen Gupta discusses the use of medical and artistic tools as agents of colonial subjugation by considering the phrenological enquiry of the Toda people of South India.
Neighbourhood Diaries: Stories of Displacement, Rebuilding, and Communal Wellbeing
Shahana Chakraborty traces a methodological history of the oral history project ‘Neighbourhood Diaries’ and its implications on the communal wellbeing and memory of Chittaranjan Park residents.
The ‘Headless Goddess’ in Indian Iconography and Reproductive Health
Surjavo Sen Gupta discusses the cultural depiction of Lajjā Gaurī as a cultural antecedent to the role of male-female compatibility in Fertility Studies.
‘Again’: Theatre and Geriatric Dementia Care in India
Shomik Ray discusses the role of theatre in initiating dialogue around issues of family caregivers for aged patients with dementia.