I am a sociocultural anthropologist interested in medical and psychological anthropology. I am currently writing my doctoral thesis based on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork at a counselling training institute in Bengaluru (Bangalore), India. Questions about how knowledge is practised in healthcare settings and how practices, in turn, shape medical knowledge interest me.

I was trained in sociology in India. Sociology in India, a former colony, developed without the self-other binary that distinguishes sociology and anthropology in Euro-American contexts. Thus, social anthropology is practised within sociology departments. This epistemic orientation deeply informs my practice of anthropology and makes me attentive to how anthropology can be found outside traditional anthropology departments - for instance, in art and fiction.

I enjoy painting and embroidery in my spare time. The image at the top of this page is my rendition of the Santa Monica Pier.