There is not a part of my body that does not have stories. From my toe that has seen fondness and injuries to my hair that is a container of affection and violence, each part of my body has a memory. My brain can let go of memories but experiences…

Hello dear readers, The blog was on a hiatus for a few months because I have been working on multiple exciting projects that I hope to write about in the future. Besides, I have spent a lot of time in the summer and autumn swimming in ponds and training in…

I was working on my academic CV two weeks ago and realized that perhaps I should have a CV of rejection too. I came across this concept a few years ago. The CV of rejections reminds me that I have come a long way. There were a few things that…

I started preparing for my PhD comprehensive exams in the March of 2021. I was in India staying with my parents. As much as I appreciated getting to spend time with family after almost two years, I had started feeling the absence of grad student community around me. I knew…

PhD Comprehensive Exams or How I arrived at my research questions I took a break from writing my blog pieces because I had to focus on my PhD comprehensive exams. However, I knew that at some point I will be writing about the PhD comprehensive exams in detail because one…

Note: This is the course description and readings for a literature course on “Women and Literature” offered in the Fall of 2021. Syllabus making is labor. In case, you use any part of this syllabus, I would appreciate, if you acknowledge it. Course Description: In 2019, the Chilean Feminist Collective…

It has been a year since I was awarded a Curriculum Development Grant from the Humanities Engage Program at Pitt to develop a module titled “Fragment, Ephemera and Periodicals: Reimagining Global Trans History” as part of Julie Beaulieu’s class on Transgender Studies. I had earlier written about how I was…

On World Ocean’s Day, I am sharing this syllabus for an undergraduate class that I am teaching this summer at University of Pittsburgh. This is a six weeks general education class that fulfills several requirements at our university, including Literature, Writing and Global Studies. Please feel free to adapt, borrow…

During the pandemic, there was an avalanche of a number of projects that were launched — podcasts, new blogs, DH projects, YouTube channels, webinars among many other things. Some of these projects were refreshing, much needed and from what I understand was being conceptualized much before the pandemic. Then there…