Some seemingly open spaces, which appear to be a single and homogenous social field, in actual consist of and are controlled by sub-fields possessing more non-monetary assets within it.

It is appreciable on one hand that a few certain groups of the upper strata of society possessing social and cultural capital organize public events in the form of lectures and seminars in the heartland of the capital city, barring no one from entering into scheduled spaces, as their open invitation claims the same. What problematizes such processes, on the other hand, is when the class of inviters sees all the invitees homogenously as a single group and treats them using specific mediums of non-monetary assets in which the idea of prioritizing their capital and overlooking the capital of the latter is subconsciously imbibed.

Indeed, the invitation is open for all but closed at the same time, as the same prevents many from entering into those spaces where dynamics of power of the concerned classes, knowledge, and networking among alike groups collectively play an important role in creating ideas of a certain kind, which the class of inviters try to disseminate further. The resultant condition of these silent processes reveals that many invitees tacitly and unknowingly submit their conformity, which they actually might not want to, in conditioning their conduct not according to their ideas but to the ones proposed by those classes to which they actually don't belong or subscribe to.

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24-07-2025

Rahul Khandelwal