This article provides an overview of the way in which post-liberalization urban restructuring is determined by middle class imaginations and lifestyles in Kolkata, India. It charts how the conjunction between planning, politics and private investment made middle class hegemony in the new urban politics possible, and how the processes that have been set in motion create new spatializations accor...

Well-conducted neuroepidemiological studies for the geriatric population are rare in India. In view of the growing aging population, we planned to determine the prevalence of common neurological disorders among the elderly population in the city of Kolkata. This was a cross-sectional study of a stratified random sample of the city population and carried in two stages through house to house surv...

Recent Indian studies indicate stagnation in decline of child mortality, though various health care interventions were introduced during the last 2 decades. This study examined the rates of infant and child mortality and associated demographic and socioeconomic factors in 2 socioeconomically vulnerable populations, comprising 195 Munda and 334 Poundrakshatriya women having similar access to hea...

Negotiating public spaces to reach their destinations is an everyday struggle for women in India. Indian cities have witnessed a considerable increase crimes against women, compelling avoid or minimize use of spaces. This study aims understand how people and actions shape perceptions safety amongst negotiate such incidents harassment. comprising focus group discussions in-depth interviews was c...

Consumer behaviour is the study of when, why, how and where people do and do not buy products. It attempts to understand the buyer’s decision-making process, both individually and in groups. Relationship marketing is an influential asset for consumer behaviour as it has a keen interest in the re-discovery of the true meaning of marketing through the re-affirmation of the importance of the custo...

Water security, the access to adequate amounts of water quality, is and will remain a hugely important issue over next decades as climate change related hazards, food insecurity, social instability exacerbate insecurities. Despite attempts made by researchers professionals study different dimensions security in urban areas, there still an absence comprehensive measurement tools. This aims untan...

Videos of what seems like enforced and orchestrated solidarity, performed by celebrities from the film industry in Kolkata, each scene blending into another, upper-class urban home-space resembling other, envisioning a brighter future, rendering same song multiple voices, with metaphors cities smiling again, circulated through social media are problematic erasures particularities, “of presence ...

1 Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4 Raja, S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata-32, West Bengal Kolkata 700032, India 2Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 28017-1000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3Departamento de Bioloǵıa Molecular Centro de Bioloǵıa Molecular “Severo Ochoa” C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 1 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, ...