The Caste Sticker and the State: A Court’s Crusade Against Everyday Prejudice
It is a common sight on the roads of North India: a car or...
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Welcome to the Case Study Bank. This is a growing collection of classic and contemporary case studies, designed to provide relevant examples and ‘fodder material’ for your Mains answers. Each case study is tagged and linked to its relevant syllabus topic.”
The Ancestors Who Never Left: How 14,000-Year-Old Mummies are Rewriting Human History
When we think of mummification, we often picture the elaborate, linen-wrapped bodies of ancient...
Protection or Peril? Maharashtra’s Plan to Lease Tribal Land to Private Firms
For decades, Indian law has treated tribal land like a fortress, protected by a...
Does Your Language Shape Your Reality? Exploring the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Imagine a language with no words for “yesterday” or “tomorrow,” or one that forces...
The Hand’s Ancient Secret: How a Fin’s Old Genes Were Recycled to Build Our Limbs
The human hand is a marvel of evolutionary engineering. It can wield a hammer,...
Why We Hate Dirt: Unpacking Mary Douglas’s ‘Purity and Danger’
Why do we find a shoe on a dining table so viscerally wrong, even...
Lothal’s Second Voyage: Building a National Narrative at an Indus Valley Port
For decades, the ruins of Lothal in Gujarat have been a quiet testament to...
Paradise or Paradox? Margaret Mead’s Famous Study of Adolescence in Samoa
Is the emotional turmoil of teenage years—the rebellion, the anxiety, the angst—a universal, biological...
To Keep the Peace, Insult the Kill: The Political Genius of the !Kung San
In our modern world, success is met with praise, bonuses, and promotions. Individual achievement...
Work Less, Live More: Marshall Sahlins and the Zen Economics of Hunter-Gatherers
We live in the wealthiest and most technologically advanced societies in human history, surrounded...