Urban Space and City Politics

These seminars focus on the transformation, politics, and social life of urban spaces:

1. Decoding Platformization and Ratification of Smart Cities

2. Delhi in Thy Name: Power and Politics Behind Naming the Indian Cities

3. Bombay and its 20th Century Revolutions

4. Exploring the Socio-Spatial Approaches to Peripheral Urbanisation

5. Predictive Policing and the Construction of Criminal Areas in Delhi

6. Automobiles and the City

7. The Urban Mobility Challenge: Whose Problem Is It Anyway?

Class, Caste, and History

These highlight socio-economic hierarchies and historical contexts:

1. Conundrums of Caste, Class, and History

2. Observation from a Muslim Neighbourhood in Kolkata

Gender, Class, and Urban Experience

These address gender dynamics, class, and lived experiences in the city:

1. Risky Routes, Safe Suspicions: Gender, Class, and Cabs in Hyderabad

2. Fashioning the Cosmopolitan Diva: The Grooming Etiquette in Delhi

3. The Limits of Sexuality and Education