This article has three sections. In the first, the conceptual and pedagogical reflections have been shared from the research study titled, “First Information Report (FIR) and Media: Informational Universe of Crime and Violence in Contemporary India”. In the second section, broad findings from the study have been shared. And the third section engages with further scope of research. I First Information Report (FIR) and Media are the two connecting points through which in the re

Akhil, Gupta. 1998. Postcolonial Developments – Agriculture in the Making of Modern India. Durham: Duke University Press. There has been much theorizing on the development process and outcomes in contemporary India. The present work by Akhil Gupta tries to critically locate agriculture vis-à-vis the ‘modernization and development’ debate in India. The author, the anthropologist with many interests, has the remarkable ability to weave too many topics, theoretical issues and fi