In Press
In Press
(2025) ‘Media, Censorship and the Internet: The Private Intermediaries’ Chapter,’ Art, Media and Law section in Critical Collective, June Issue, https://criticalcollective.in/Art_Media_and_Law.aspx
(2023) ‘Dance, Defiance and Marginality in Launda Naach,’ Critical Collective, September Issue, https://criticalcollective.in/SpecialProjectEssayListing.aspx?id=1628
(2023) ‘Bhojpuri Cinema: Identifying the Region in Inalienable Entitlements,’ Critical Collective, June Issue. https://criticalcollective.in/SpecialProjectEssayListing.aspx?id=1608
(2020) ‘Outsider-Protagonists: Sushant Singh Rajput & Mahendra Singh Dhoni,’ Lead New Story, 2nd September.
(2020) ‘SSR, MSD & The Cinema-Cricket Contrast,’ Lead New Story, 2nd September.
(2019) ‘Book Review: The Elimination of Labour Question in ‘Folk Performance,’ The Wire, 3rd September, https://thewire.in/the-arts/book-review-the-elimination-of-labour-question-in-folk-performance
(2019) ‘No Exit for the Angel from Outside History,’ The Wire, 8th May, https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/no-exit-for-the-angel-from-outside-history
(2019) ‘Geek Out: We’re Going All Film Theory On Ranveer Singh And 'Gully Boy,’ Huffington Post India, 9th March, https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/geek-out-we-re-going-all-film-theory-on-ranveer-singh-and-gully-boy_in_5c825a83e4b0ed0a0012581f
(2017) ‘Sedimented Banalities of Protest and Gatekeeping Politics,’ Raiot, 7th July, https://raiot.in/sedimented-banalities-of-protest-and-gatekeeping-politics/
(2014) ‘“My Heart says Yes, but the Head says No”: Economizing Politics in the Scottish Referendum,’ Kafila, 7th September, https://kafila.online/2014/09/08/my-heart-says-yes-but-the-head-says-no-economizing-politics-in-the-scottish-referendum-akshaya-kumar/
(2014) ‘(How) Does the Sovereign Speak?,’ Kafila, 8th July, https://kafila.online/2014/07/08/how-does-the-sovereign-speak-akshaya-kumar/
(2014) ‘The Modi Wave.’ The Kindle Magazine, 11th June, https://kindlemag.in/modi-wave/
(2013) ‘A longing for elsewheres.’ The Indian Express, 28th December. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-longing-for-elsewheres/
(2013) ‘Being Singular: Figuring the Homeless Ecosystem in the Shadow of the UID.’ In Ashish Rajadhyaksha (ed.) In the Wake of Aadhaar: The Digital Ecosystem of Governance in India. https://www.academia.edu/4030634/Being_Singular_Figuring_the_Homeless_Ecosystem_in_the_Shadow_of_UID