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I too came, I too saw, I too conquered, but with concern and care for the multitudes out there. It’s been a long journey but one worth its toil I am Anthropology Called a colonial hand maiden in the bygone days I…

Preamble Sometime back I was invited by an old age home in their monthly lecture program to talk about human evolution from the perspective of Hindu philosophy. I had planned to talk about the legend of Lord Vishnu’s incarnations. However, before the…

Esteemed Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of KISS Deemed to be University, Dignitaries on and off the Dais, distinguished anthropologists from all over the globe, ladies and gentlemen, a very good morning to you all. I consider it a great honour to be here…

Prof. Kenneth AR Kennedy is in true sense the most noteworthy name in Indian human skeletal biology. His interests spanned diverse topics in human skeletal biology, ecology, and Asian studies. He was also a diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology…

I am writing about Manipur though I know that everything about it, particularly the all- pervasive ethnic conflict over the last few months, has already been explicitly written and much discussed. Yet I write because I want to write. I want to…

Why this write-up on ethnoarchaeology A few days ago, a colleague from UIAF suggested to me to write on ethnoarchaeology. Her concern was sketchy understanding that most students have of this fascinating area of interest to contemporary archaeologists and anthropologists. I am…

We do not remember days, we remember moments Cesare Pavese I write this with a heavy heart as the World returns to a ‘state of near normalcy’; people celebrate travel and ritual with the same gusto, but we forget to grieve for…

PRG as I affectionately called him is no more, this was the saddest news for me. We were colleagues at the Anthropological Survey of India (An. S.I) and friends for more than 60 years. It was indeed a long journey travelled together.…

Professor Prabodh Kumar Bhowmick, epitomizes scholarship, diligence with humility and dedication. He was a nationalist who sacrificed his youth and formative years of learning for India’s freedom. Following Gandhian philosophy, he lived life of an ascetic wearing white Dhoti and kurta and…

Many a doctrine is like a windowpane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth. Khalil Gibran On opening first few pages of N. K. Vaid’s recent publication titled Truth about Caste (2022), Khalil Gibran’s famous quote about truth…