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Sep 27, 20241 min read
Guest Lecture on Carnatic Music - Northeastern
"What do you feel when you listen to this music?" 🎵🤔 I posed this question during a recent guest lecture at College of Arts, Media and...


Sep 13, 20241 min read
The Power of Thoughtful Translation - Vikram Seth's Hanuman Chalisa
"Making the familiar strange and the strange familiar!" Whilst anthropologists and sociologists use this phrase, I've found it to be just...


Aug 25, 20241 min read
How female mystics transcended misogyny - article in DH
In today's Deccan Herald my article explores the lives and poetry of women mystics like Ambabai and Lal Ded whose works are intertwined...
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