Saunsaar: householding in the Shadow of Land Dispossession

Saunsaar: householding in the Shadow of Land Dispossession

What is it to household under circumstances of hunger and impending displacement? By foregrounding the lives of villagers affected by an unfolding multibillion-dollar land acquisition project in Maharashtra, householding comes into view as a process that emerges from the everyday practices of married women whose ongoing labor secures the saunsaar (world).

by Benita Menezes