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Cohort Year:
2021
Research Interests:
Post-colonial Indian history; Rajput history; Mughal-Rajput relations; Religious nationalism; Linguistic history of Hindi and Hindi literature.
Education:
M.A., University of Delhi, 2014 B.A., Lady Shri Ram College For Women, University of Delhi, 2012
Education:
M.A. Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 2020
M.A., University of Delhi, 2014
B.A., Lady Shri Ram College For Women, University of Delhi, 2012
Biography:
I am interested in popular Rajput histories in colonial and post-colonial India. I look at how Rajput/kshatriya identity aligned itself with religious nationalism in post-colonial India.
I intend to research how such popular histories particularly in Hindi contributed to the modern discourse on Hindu nationalism. My languages of research are Hindi, Rajasthani and Sanskrit.