This weekend, I had the joy of learning with so many inspiring care ethicists at the ‘Cosmologies of Care’ conference, University of Houston. Going back to Stanford with friends from across the world who are committed to practicing, theorising and doing care ethics otherwise. 🌸

Me: I am MA MA now. Mumma: Omg, which friend of yours had a baby? (Cuz Mama is maternal uncle) Me: No, no. I got my second MA degree in Anthropology. 🥰

Our panel met yesterday to talk about the stakes & implications of discussing “joy” during a genocide, & how to bring our grief & solidarity into the virtual room next week. Rage & joy are of course not mutually exclusive. The work of liberation is a creative force #AAACASCA2023

Honoured to be presenting at this virtual town-hall on disabled joy and anti-ableist ethnography with Hannah Q, Rebecca-Eli Long, Helena Fietz, & Matthew Wolf-Meyer at #AAACASCA2023 May disabled joy help us in recovering the ordinary during these truly genocidal times 🌸

So stoked to share this episode of #SASSpod in which I talk to the ever so gracious Lalita about my doctoral research and multimodal ethnographic practice. Thank you Center for South Asia at Stanford 🌸 Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Gaana, and other platforms: open.spotify.com/show/7ntalKYmf…

Such an honour to witness the grand beginning to Yashica Dutt’s US book tour today at Center for South Asia at Stanford! With an additional chapter on caste in the Silicon Valley, the US edition of ‘Coming Out as Dalit’ is out now! 💙

On Valentine’s Day last week, I got the opportunity to talk about what it means to love research while researching love itself! Thank you Stanford University Libraries for providing the opportunity and organising the Love Data Week!

Honoured to have been selected as a Chappell Lougee Mentor by the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education to mentor undergraduate students in their respective research projects and graduate school applications. Thank you, Stanford Undergrad !

The Queer Collective of my undergrad college has invited me to deliver a lecture! And I am going to talk about what it means to do fieldwork as a transfemme person. Equally excited and horrified about this homecoming! 🌸

As part of the Stanford University Anthropology Spring Lunch Talks, I will be presenting my paper, ‘“Ghar Toh Sanjhona Hai” (The Home Must Be Cherished): Notes on Familial Ethnography’ next week!

Proud to announce that I have received the Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant for my research on adult autism, assisted living care, and family life in Delhi, India! Can’t wait to go back to home and field so that I can cut another celebratory cake with my brother. 🩷

Delighted to announce that I will be a Mellon-ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellow! As one of the first scholars from India to be awarded the DIF, I will undertake a multimodal ethnography of how neurodiversity remakes kin & care relations in Delhi. Thank you Mellon Foundation ACLS!

What a joy it was to talk about ethnographic drawing and anti-ableist ethnography at the Medical Humanities Arts Showcase at Stanford Humanities Center! A mini full circle moment from being the graduate co-chair for the workshop series to becoming a presenter 🥰

Overjoyed to be a recipient of the Robert Bayard Textor Award for Outstanding Creativity in Anthropology at this year’s commencement! Thank you, Stanford University Anthropology ! Pictured here with my co-supervisor, Prof. Tanya Luhrmann.

Self portraits over the years

With the blessings of my supervisor by my side, I am finally off to fieldwork! Here’s hoping that these next 18 months are smoother than the first three years of my doctoral program. People in Delhi, please hit me up! Can’t wait to think, write, and make alongside others. 💜

Guess who passed their PhD qualifying exams while wearing their grandfather’s kurta? 🥹