Ujithra Ponniah
Biographic Data
| ID | 290220 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ujithra Ponniah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ujithra |
| FAMILY NAME | Ponniah |
| SIGNATURE | PONNIAH U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
We are religious, patriotic and self-sacrificial’: Baniya power, cohesion and wealth anxieties in India
Managing Marriages through ‘Self-Improvement’: Women and ‘New Age’ Spiritualities in Delhi
There has been a rise in the availability and consumption of ‘New Age’ spiritualities in urban India. I focus on one such self-care practice, Reiki, in a heterogeneous Delhi neighbourhood, and the engagement of urban upper-caste women from middle-class joint families with it. I argue that Reiki classes can be read as a site for the formation of gendered subjectivities. There are four kinds of interpersonal problems women discussed in Reiki classe…
Reproducing Elite Lives: Women in Aggarwal Family Businesses
This article explores the social reproductive roles performed by elite “upper”-caste Aggarwal women in family businesses in Delhi. With the substantialization of caste, there is an increase in heterogeneities within caste groups. By focussing on women’s associational and familial roles in a South Delhi neighborhood three strategies of reproduction are discussed: first, forging inter-strata fictive kinship ties for caste cohesion through women’s “…
Reproducing Elite Lives: Women in Aggarwal Family Businesses
This article explores the social reproductive roles performed by elite “upper”-caste Aggarwal women in family businesses in Delhi. With the substantialization of caste, there is an increase in heterogeneities within caste groups. By focussing on women’s associational and familial roles in a South Delhi neighborhood three strategies of reproduction are discussed: first, forging inter-strata fictive kinship ties for caste cohesion through women’s “…
Reproducing Elite Lives: Women in Aggarwal Family Businesses
This article explores the social reproductive roles performed by elite “upper”-caste Aggarwal women in family businesses in Delhi. With the substantialization of caste, there is an increase in heterogeneities within caste groups. By focussing on women’s associational and familial roles in a South Delhi neighborhood three strategies of reproduction are discussed: first, forging inter-strata fictive kinship ties for caste cohesion through women’s “…
Managing Marriages through ‘Self-Improvement’: Women and ‘New Age’ Spiritualities in Delhi
There has been a rise in the availability and consumption of ‘New Age’ spiritualities in urban India. I focus on one such self-care practice, Reiki, in a heterogeneous Delhi neighbourhood, and the engagement of urban upper-caste women from middle-class joint families with it. I argue that Reiki classes can be read as a site for the formation of gendered subjectivities. There are four kinds of interpersonal problems women discussed in Reiki classe…
We are religious, patriotic and self-sacrificial’: Baniya power, cohesion and wealth anxieties in India
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Business (1 works) · Caste (1 works) · Chemistry (1 works) · Cohesion (chemistry (1 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (1 works)