Writing

A room of words.

Long essays, academic work, things that took a while to finish. The running currents — politics, films, food — keep their windows in Everyday Mind-Musings.

Selected publications

2026
In ‘Obsession’, the horror of being recast for male desire
Indian Express
2026
Redacted Realities
Countercurrents
2026
The Tinted Lens of Civilizational Conflict Narrative
Countercurrents
2025
Artistry of Resistance: An Allegorical Reading of Life, Art, and Freedom in Contemporary India
Economic and Political Weekly
EPW Vol. 60, Issue 6 (8 February 2025)
Scopus-indexed
2025
Can the Subaltern Rest in Peace with Dignity?
Economic and Political Weekly
EPW Vol. 60, Issue 15 (12 April 2025)
Scopus-indexed
2024
Combat Sports and Recipes made from Scratch: Notes of Women's Emancipation in 2024
Economic and Political Weekly
EPW Vol. 59, Issue 40 (5 October 2024)
Scopus-indexed
2024
Should Prenatal Gender Determination Be Legalised?
Economic and Political Weekly
EPW Vol. 59, Issue 49 (7 December 2024)
Scopus-indexed
2023
Wrestlers' Protest at Jantar Mantar
Economic and Political Weekly
EPW Vol. 58, Issue 21 (27 May 2023)
Scopus-indexed
2023
Portrayal of Resistance in Post-truth Populist Cinema
Economic and Political Weekly
EPW Vol. 58, Issue 28 (15 July 2023)
Scopus-indexed
2023
Writers' Guild Strike and their Indian Counterparts
Economic and Political Weekly
EPW Vol. 58, Issue 30 (29 July 2023)
Scopus-indexed
2023
Legal Framework concerning Artificial Intelligence and Border Security
NLUJ Law Review
NLUJ Law Review, Vol. X, Issue 1
2023
International Solidarity and India: Mapping the Origins
CMR University Journal for Contemporary Legal Affairs
Vol. 5, Issue 3 (G20 Special Issue), UGC CARE Group-1
2022
Is Market Driven Education Causing Alienation: Re-reading Marx's Conception on Human Nature
The Radical Humanist
2022
Instituting menstrual leave is a step towards equal workplaces
Scroll.in
2022
Is Market-driven Education Reproducing Alienation? Re-reading Marx on Human Nature
Economic and Political Weekly (Engage)
2020
Pursuing a PhD in International Law: Some Epistemological and Existential Challenges in the Indian Context
Afronomicslaw — Symposium on Early Career International Law Academia
2019
A Contemporary Understanding of Studentship as 'Critical Thinking' in New India
The New Leam
2017
Resistance through Utopia: Reflections on the Niyamgiri Anti-Mining Movement and International Law
German Yearbook of International Law
German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 60: 394 (Duncker & Humblot)