As I reflect tonight on how my pedagogy has changed over the years, it strikes me that as a teacher who takes care in teaching writing and literature to students, I am more intentional about creating mindfulness exercises in classes. I am no expert in meditation and perhaps I am…

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…