A hearty welcome to the website of Social Trends: The Journal of the Department of Sociology of North Bengal University. The journal made a humble
beginning in 2014 and ever since then it has achieved some important landmarks, becoming a full-fledged refereed/peer-reviewed journal with UGC CARE
approval. We have published seven volumes by now, one each year. The newest volume has been published in March 2020 and the next volume will be due
in March 2021. All the volumes have been posted in our website. In the recent years there has been a gradual surge in inflow of articles and research
papers from across disciplines and from different universities across India. Though the journal has largely been a platform for the young scholars,
there have been some notable publications from celebrated members of the Indian social science fraternity too, rendering much support to us.
The Social trends is on a mission to capture the fluid, hitherto unrecorded aspects of subjective and collective experiences in an unconventional
language, while dialogically engaging with the social science discourses. It is always a delight to see that we are collectively transcending the
limits of conventional academic disciplines in capturing the heterogeneous, multi-dimensional intricacies of dialectically moving self and the
lifeworld. It is even more delightful to see young scholars enthusiastically participate in this promising endeavour. I would here put it on
record that our academic collaboration with the Research Committee on ‘Sociology of Everyday Life’ (RC 28) of the Indian Sociological Society
has proved to be immensely beneficial, as both sides prosper in this collaboration.
The valuable counsel of the members of Advisory Board, the critical comments of the referees, the active interest of the editorial team, and
most importantly, the enthusiastic participation of the writers as well as readers always add value to the journal. I am sure, we will cross
many more milestones in future and take the journal to new heights.