Articles in Peer-reviewed journals:
- "Histories of Untranslatability in South Asia: Historiography, Debates, and Problems," 1980–2010, History Compass: Volume 23, Issue 7-9, July-September 2025
- “From the Nation’s ‘Steel-Frame’ to Insubordinate Workers: Tracing Changes in the figure of the Postcolonial Civil Servant from 1947-1966,” Studies in Indian Politics, Vol 11, 2, (2023).
- “Mapping Linguistic Diffusion: Sulaimān Nadvī and Hindustānī,” Journal of Urdu Studies, 1, No. 1, (2021), 71-94.
Book Reviews:
- “Cracks in the Mirror,” Review of Vinay Lal ed., The Colonial State and Forms of Knowledge: The British in India, (Delhi: Primus Books, 2022), The India Forum, July 10, 2023.
- “Review of Sumit Guha, History and Collective Memory in South Asia, 1200-2000, in South Asian Diaspora 14, no. 1 (2021): 96–97.
- The Messiness of Politics, Review of Jyotirmaya Sharma, The Ocean of Mirth, (Delhi: Routledge, 2020), The Tribune, March 29, 2020.
Public facing articles/reviews:
- Policing Language in Colonial India, History Workshop Online, December 2, 2025.
- "From colonial Lahore, a flashback to when Urdu, Persian, and Sanskrit were taught side-by-side," Scroll.in, August 2025
- “Can There Be a Definitive History of Magic in India? This Book Tells the Mesmerizing Story.” Review of Jadoowallahs, Jugglers, and Jinns, by John Zubrzycki, Scroll.in, July 29, 2018.
- 2024 - PhD, History, Department of History, University of California Los Angeles
- 2014 - MPhil, Political Studies, Department of Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- 2010 - M.A. Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad
- 2008 - B.A. Psychology, Department of Psychology, Bangalore University
Education & Training
Research Interests
Teaching: HIST 0700: World History.
Research Fields: 18th and 19th Century Epistemology and Philological practices.
