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Consumer Culture and Shopping Decisions

Vol. 53, Issue No. 1, 06 Jan, 2018
Nita Mathur

Based on an empirical study, this article addresses critical concerns surrounding shopping decisions of the middle class in Delhi and the National Capital Region. Using exploratory factor analysis, four factors that influence shopping decisions are extracted, namely peer pressure, money matters, shopping site, and brand value. These factors are examined at both aggregated and disaggregated levels according to income, age, and sex. The article reflects on how shopping decisions, consumption profiles, and aspirations are negotiated in reshaping social life. It projects that far from being materialistic, hedonistic, and self-centred, the middle-class shopper is cautious, price-sensitive, and seeks value for money.

Explicit Prejudice

Vol. 53, Issue No. 1, 06 Jan, 2018
Diane Coffey, Payal Hathi, Nidhi Khurana, Amit Thorat

A representative phone survey to study explicit prejudice against women and Dalits in Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan reveals widespread prejudice in several domains and discusses the consequences for women and Dalits, and society as a whole. The results suggest the need for a more robust public discourse and active approach to measuring and challenging prejudice and discrimination.

Silenced and Marginalised

Vol. 52, Issue No. 38, 23 Sep, 2017
Farah Farooqi

An attempt has been made to demonstrate the linkages between the socio-economic-cultural marginalisation of children and their educational marginalisation. This is achieved through a thick description of the living and working conditions of the children, and the interplay between the factory, residence, school, market, family and other support systems, in order to gauge the social reality of these children.

Judicial Delays, Mounting Arrears and Lawyers’ Strikes

Vol. 52, Issue No. 32, 12 Aug, 2017
Khagesh Gautam

Report No 266 of the Law Commission of India, published on 17 March 2017, touches upon several aspects and issues regarding the state of the legal profession in India. The problem of lawyers’ strikes and consequent wastage of judicial time is discussed vis-à-vis the report. Lawyers’ strikes in India contribute to the problem of judicial inefficiency and the Law Commission recommends taking strong institutional actions to end these.

Rethinking India’s Federalism

Vol. 52, Issue No. 29, 22 Jul, 2017
Alok Prasanna Kumar

Addressing the problems in local body governance requires a reimagining of federalism in India and moving away from the centre–state framework. Beholden to partisan politics and the state’s unwillingness to part with powers, local bodies have not been able to fulfil the potential envisaged for them in the 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution. The answer lies in locating their powers and functions in the Constitution itself.

Evictions of Urban Poor

Vol. 51, Issue No. 32, 06 Aug, 2016
Kalpana Sharma

In the Public's Interest: Evictions, Citizenship and Inequality in Contemporary Delhi by Gautam Bhan, Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2016; pp 290, ₹ 825.

Real Life Methods

Vol. 51, Issue No. 18, 30 Apr, 2016
Ghazala Jamil

This paper argues that an emancipatory impulse is critical and central to feminist method--one which effectively counters a widespread fetishisation of social science research where little attention is paid to the relationships of production of research findings and conclusions. Just as the women's movement and its political critique has affected discourses that are not specifically about gender or sexual distinctions, the emancipatory impulse of feminist methods can also be deployed in enquiries that are not focused entirely on gendered accounts of social phenomena. The aim of this study is not to essentialise certain methods as "feminist" but rather to suggest that methods used by a researcher who is a feminist, in enquiries into phenomenon that throw up questions of hierarchies other than gender, would not remain uninfluenced by her feminist politics. This claim is bolstered by the author's experiences as a feminist researcher studying the segregation of Muslims in Delhi.

Scaling Up, Scaling Down

Vol. 51, Issue No. 17, 23 Apr, 2016
Shriya Anand, Neha Sami

Focusing on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, an attempt is made here to understand how central and regional governments are rescaling and restructuring power and governmental authority in terms of the governance and planning arrangements of mega-projects. Mega-projects are emerging as spaces of exception in economic as well as governance terms with far greater involvement of private actors, and constant negotiation of the central and state governments.

Cracking the Urban Code of Delhi and Gurgaon

Vol. 51, Issue No. 15, 09 Apr, 2016
Christiane Brosius

Entangled Urbanism: Slum, Gated Community, and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon by Sanjay Srivastava; New Delhi: OUP, 2015; pp 368, ₹855. 

Weather Conditions and Air Pollution

Vol. 51, Issue No. 10, 05 Mar, 2016
Saon Ray, Nandini Kumar

To understand the impact of the odd-even policy in Delhi researchers will need to take into account prevailing weather conditions of not just Delhi, but also its outskirts and neighbouring states. 

Cruel Treatment

Vol. 51, Issue No. 5, 30 Jan, 2016

The government and the Medical Council of India must get more serious about medical education.

Delhi's Mohalla Clinics

Vol. 51, Issue No. 4, 23 Jan, 2016
Chandrakant Lahariya

The mohalla or community clinics run by the Delhi government could be termed populist but have the potential to meet the needs of the people, make basic healthcare accessible and decongest higher level health facilities. These could also prove to be a landmark in health service delivery in India.

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