Contributions  to Indian Sociology: Table of Contents

Introduction: Picturing sociological scenes—Social life of law in India Pratiksha Baxi First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 1–18 Abstract |

Research Article

‘Not worth the paper it’s written on’: Stamp paper documents and the life of law in India Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 19–45 Abstract Preview |

Law, police and ‘domestic cruelty’: Assembling written complaints from oral narratives Pooja Satyogi First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 46–71 Abstract Preview |

The social life of technicalities: ‘Terrorist’ lives in Delhi’s courts Mayur Suresh First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 72–96 Abstract Preview |

A child disappears: Law in the courts, law in the interstices of everyday life Veena Das First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 97–132 Abstract Preview |

Begging for change: Hijras, law and nationalism Vaibhav Saria First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 133–157 Abstract Preview |

Crowds, mob and the law: The Delhi rape case Deepak Mehta First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 158–183 Abstract Preview |

What should happen, but has not yet happened: Painterly tales of justice Mani Shekhar Singh First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 184–216 Abstract Preview |

Book Reviews

Book Review: Aparna Balachandran, Rashmi Pant, and Bhavani Raman, eds. 2018. Iterations of Law: Legal Histories from India Prashant Kidambi First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 217–220 Abstract |

Book Review: Sylvia Vatuk. 2017. Marriage and its Discontents: Women, Islam and the Law in India Megha Sharma Sehdev First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 220–223 Abstract |

Book Review: Anushka Singh. 2018. Sedition in Liberal Democracies Siddharth Narrain First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 223–226 Abstract |

Book Review: Anand Vivek Taneja. 2017. Jinnealogy: Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi Ghazala Jamil First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 226–229 Abstract |

Book Review: Deepak Mehta and Rahul Roy, eds. 2018.Violence and the Quest for Justice in South Asia Kalpana Kannabiran First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 229–231 Abstract |

Book Review: Nikhil Anand. 2017. Hydraulic City: Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai Swargajyoti Gohain First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 232–235 Abstract |

Book Review: Himika Bhattacharya. 2017. Narrating Love and Violence: Women Contesting Caste, Tribe, and State in Lahaul, India Mallarika Sinha Roy First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 235–237 Abstract |

Book Review: Mathangi Krishnamurthy. 2018. 1–800–Worlds: The Making of the Indian Call Centre Economy Shelly Pandey First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 238–240 Abstract |

Book Review: Mélanie Vandenhelsken, Meenaxi Barkataki-Ruscheweyh and Bengt G. Karlsson, eds. 2018. Geographies of Difference: Explorations in Northeast Indian Studies Papori Bora First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 241–243 Abstract |

Book Review: N. Jayaram, ed. 2017. Knowing the Social World: Perspectives and Possibilities Sujata Patel First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 243–246 Abstract |

Response to Book Review: Shahid Amin responds to Samira Sheikh’s review of his book Conquest and Community: The Afterlife of Warrior Saint Ghazi Miyan Shahid Amin First Published February 25, 2019; pp. 247–248 Abstract |

What is a party symbol?

Every political party in India has a symbol, which enables voters to easily identify the party on the ballot. For example, the BJP's symbol is the lotus and the Congress's symbol is the hand. Party symbols are especially important to aid voters who cannot read. But candidates also go to great lengths to be identified with their election symbols. The Election Commission stipulates that no symbol should represent a religion or a caste. A party can submit a symbol of its choice to the EC for consideration. Else, the EC allots a symbol to the party. Though the elephant is the symbol of the BSP and the lion is the symbol of the Forward Bloc, the EC in 1991 stopped allowing parties to use animals as symbols after complaints from animal rights activists.

Source: The Hindu,9/04/2019