I am currently a PhD student at the Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. In 2016 I received the fully-funded, prestigious Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to study my second Master's Degree in International Development at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. I have written for portals like Youth Ki Awaaz and Newslaundry on issues pertaining to politics, identity- based issues and art and literature. I am passionate about Bengali poetry, Football, Heavy Metal Music and World Cinema.
This article is written in response to Nadim Asrar's article published in Daily O regarding the blasphemy controversy that took place at the Aligarh Muslim University
Newslaundry / February 2017
An article on the necessity for Students' Unions to engage with the pressing national issues of the day. It has been written on the eve of the 2016- 17 Students' Union elections at the Aligarh Muslim University
Newslaundry / October 2016
An article on how the Supreme Court judgement upholding the ban on veil or any other headgear during the AIPMT exams, is a denial of opportunity for the minority women to be a part of India's mainstream.
Youth Ki Awaaz / August 2015
During the last few years, consistent and organised efforts have led to the emergence of an alternative to the regional lobby based politics at the Aligarh Muslim University.
Youth Ki Awaaz / July 2015
As a session ends after the Allahabad High Court asked the Aligarh Muslim authorities to grant access of Maulana Azad Library to students of the Abdullah Women's College, not much has changed on ground primarily due to administrative apathy
Youth Ki Awaaz / July 2015
The ban on Ambedkar- Perriyar Study Circle shows how caste continues to remain a relevant issue in India
Khurpi.com / June 2015
The communal polarisation prior to the Lok Sabha elections of 2014
Khurpi.com / May 2014
The best Bengali poets of the post- Tagore era, whom you must read
Khurpi.com / April 2014
A rejoinder to Karmanye Thadani's article which was written in support of the Gorkhaland Movement
Khurpi.com / March 2014
Politics of Opportunism and AMU's response
Khurpi.com / February 2014
An article on the death of SFI activist Sudipta Gupta and the manner in which the current Trinamool Government in West Bengal is following the footsteps of its predecessor Left Front Government in stifling opposition voices.
Youth Ki Awaaz / April 2013
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