Publications

As owners of extensive matrilineal joint households in the Tellicherry Coastal town (North Malabar, South India), Keyis upheld an urban-centred identity in the colonial period. Scattered around the coastal town of Tellicherry in Cannanore, the Keyis today form an economically diverse group. 

Scant empirical research from Asia has addressed the impact of COVID-19 on sexual minority health. We aimed to explore and understand the impact of COVID-19 on income security, mental health, HIV risk and access to health services among men who have sex with men (MSM) in India. We conducted a concurrent mixed methods study from April to June 2020, including a cross-sectional survey and in-depth semi-structured interviews with MSM recruited from three non-governmental organisations providing HIV prevention services in Chandigarh, India. We examined the associations of sexual minority stressors (sexual stigma, internalised homonegativity), economic stressors, and stress due to social distancing, with depression and anxiety, HIV risk, and access to health services.

The notion that girls very early in school decide to pursue STEM careers is not true for many in India. This research study across science institutions and universities in the country reveal that the choice to pursue STEM career in India by girls has been influenced by family, school teachers and the immediate social network. However, once having made the choice, women take the lead responsibility of building their careers, where they become key negotiators at home and the organisation as they straddle their multiple responsibilities.

This study presents a novel weighted-average method (WAM) that captures the detailed nuances of shoreline change patterns over long and short periods by considering shorelines belonging to five different time frames. Using the WAM, the average shoreline modification for the longer period (136 years with intervals of ~ 34 years) and for the shorter period (annual changes over a period of 5 years) have been calculated for the 9 km stretch of the Kollam coast in Kerala, India.

India has witnessed a steady rise in the number of women scientists and engineers in the last two decades. At the same time, the country has experienced the transition from the joint family to a nuclear family system. This has brought with it unique challenges for the women professionals as they negotiate their roles in families with successful careers. While documenting and analysing the changing patterns of the work–life balance of women scientists and engineers, the article highlights the critical role that the scientific institutions can play as enablers in this process

Delhi has been the center of political history for more than a thousand years. The present Delhi is an amalgamation of seven historical cities: Qila Rai Pithora (QPR) (extension of Lal Kot), Siri, Tughlaqabad, Jahanpanah, Firozabad, Dinpanah (Purana Qila), Shahjahanabad. Few of the forts have lost their contours owing to the growth and rapid urbanization of Delhi after India gained independence.