Ethnography Books
Sebastian and Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers
Author:
T.M. Krishna
The mrdangam is an integral part of the Karnatik stage, its primary percussion instrument. Yet—startling as this is— the instrument as we know it …
Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka
Author:
Mythri Jegathesan
Author:
Piya Chatterjee
Beyond nostalgic tea industry ads romanticizing colonial Ceylon and the impoverished conditions that beleaguer Tamil tea workers are the stories o…