My research agenda:

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My research is at the intersection of criminal law and criminology, public law and policymaking, legal anthropology and visual culture, South Asia studies, and socio-legal theory. My thoughts and works are informed by and engage abolitionist feminism, critical theories of race and caste as well as postcolonial, decolonial, and subaltern perspectives. My current works focus on policies for children who are sexually harmed (Child Sexual Violence) and children in conflict with the law, i.e., children who have caused harm (Child/Juvenile/Youth Justice), examining the institutional reforms in this regard from an overarching theme of access to justice. My interest lies in the empirical and philosophical understanding of deviance and state and societal responses to it, with a particular emphasis on the implementation of various criminal laws.

Having conducted comprehensive ethnographic research on Indian courts, I am, broadly, interested in the anthropological and sociological study of law, legal institutions, legal actors, and legal cultures, and the roles played by emotion, power and intersectional experiences of actors and participants across these entities in how laws are enacted and implemented.  

I have also been involved in organising a global virtual Gathering in 2021 on 'Imagining Abolition' with the support of an international team of activists, artists, researchers, and academics from the USA, Canada, India, the UK, and New Zealand. This gathering had speakers- academics, activists, former and presently incarcerated folx, and researchers, from across the world. You can access the details of the Gathering  here: https://sites.google.com/view/imagining-abolition/

You may want to watch the discussions from the Gathering and follow and subscribe to our YouTube Channel for future conversations on abolition here: Conference Organizers - YouTube