I am a historian of modern India and the British Empire, with an interest in women’s studies, visual studies, and digital humanities. My interdisciplinary research pushes the limits of the historical discipline by bringing together the study of the image and the textual archive to challenge existing scholarly understandings of history making and history writing in the modern world.  

Currently, I am a PhD candidate in History at Duke University. In AY 2023-24, my research and writing is supported by the Katherine Goodman Stern Completion Fellowship.

Prior to my PhD, I received post graduate degrees in Visual Studies and Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Delhi, respectively. 

In Spring 2024, I am teaching a course titled 'Modern and Global India' in the Department of History at Duke. 


Learn more about my ongoing research on the visual, consumer, and gender history of disobedience in colonial India on this page. 

Linked here is a summary of my recent publications, and you can find ways to connect with me here. 

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