South Asia Studies
PhD Student
Education
M.A Medieval History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi – 2021
B.A (Hons) History, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi – 2019
Bio
I am a first-year PhD cohort at the Department of South Asia Studies at UPenn. I am interested in the histories of social memories in early modern South Asia, especially regarding the littoral communities of the Indian Ocean World. I am also interested in questions regarding intellectual networks and transnational identities centring on the Indian Ocean World. During my master’s program, I worked on Mappila identity formation, and its relation to Mappila literary productions regarding themes of resistance and memories of the ocean.
Languages: English, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Arabic, Persian
Research Interests
Social Memories
Indian Ocean Networks and Islam
Intellectual Histories
Islamic Scribal Cultures and literary Production
Transnational Identities
Early Modern Colonialism in South Asia