Devadasis: Servants of God to Slaves of Man
The Sanskrit term ‘Devadasi’ translates to ‘servant of God’. Devadasi pratha or Devadasi system is an institution in which girls are...
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Meghashree Dev
- Jun 27, 2021
- 8 min
THE COLONIAL VICES: Exploring Conditions and Agencies exercised by Prostitutes in Colonial India
A common phrase used to incite the imagery of sex work in our society is ‘Illicit by night, eschewed by day’. This pariah community of...
Gunjan Mitra
- Jun 26, 2021
- 6 min
IN ART AND IN PLEASURE: A history of sex work in Medieval India
The profession of prostituion, as we understand it today, has had a long history of evolution and development. Over the course of many...
Violina Das
- Jun 25, 2021
- 12 min
SACRED AND SENSUOUS: A history of sex work in Ancient India
Prostitution has existed as a commercialized vice in society, albeit its institution has never been acknowledged by society as such. The...
Ashmita Mehra
- Jun 24, 2021
- 11 min
REDLIGHT INDUSTRIES: The Economics of Sex Work
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the entire community of sex workers and their occupation to a complete halt overnight. On one hand a...
Violina Das
- May 7, 2021
- 7 min
Dalit Environmentalism
What might be the way of opposition and agitation against a social order that denies equal access to nature and the environment? The feet...
Meghashree Dev
- Apr 9, 2021
- 6 min
Inside Divisions: Representation of Women's Agency and Women as Sites of Nationalistic Appropriation
This article is an attempt to scrutinize the period television drama ‘Tamas’ to understand the way women's agency during times of mass...
COEUS RESEARCH GROUP
- Mar 30, 2021
- 7 min
CURRICULUM IN QUESTION: An Interview with Dr. Srimanjari
On the 15th of February, the UGC published a draft suggested LOCF syllabus for the undergraduate degree course in History. The proposed...
COEUS RESEARCH GROUP
- Mar 29, 2021
- 17 min
CURRICULUM IN QUESTION: An Interview with Dr. Pankaj Jha
The University Grants Commission published a new draft curriculum for the undergraduate course in History. The new proposed curriculum...
COEUS RESEARCH GROUP
- Mar 28, 2021
- 4 min
CURRICULUM IN QUESTION: An Interview with Dr. Rashmi Pant
The University Grants Commission published a new draft curriculum for the undergraduate course in History. The new proposed curriculum...
COEUS RESEARCH GROUP
- Mar 27, 2021
- 8 min
CURRICULUM IN QUESTION: An Interview with Dr. Ranjan Anand
The University Grants Commission published a new draft curriculum for the undergraduate course in History. The new proposed curriculum...
COEUS RESEARCH GROUP
- Mar 27, 2021
- 3 min
CURRICULUM IN QUESTION: An Interview with Dr. Shahana Bhattacharya
The University Grants Commission published a new draft curriculum for the undergraduate course in History. The new proposed curriculum...
COEUS RESEARCH GROUP
- Mar 27, 2021
- 8 min
CURRICULUM IN QUESTION: What UGC kept, what they ignored
On the 15th of February, 2021 the University Grants Commission (UGC) published a draft syllabus/curriculum for the undergraduate history...
Sounak Banerjee
- Mar 5, 2021
- 5 min
What is ‘India’?
The very idea that a nation needs one or more common traits among its population to be defined as a “nation” is in itself very “un-Indian”.
Meghashree Dev
- Feb 23, 2021
- 4 min
DELVING INTO THE CURRENT SITUATION OF SEX WORKERS IN INDIA
A common phrase used to stimulate the imagery of sex work in our society is ‘Illicit by night, eschewed by day’. This pariah community of...