Doctoral Project:

Wrestling and Body Politics: Negotiations of Religious Identity among Wrestlers in North India

The objective of the research project is to capture the changes, entanglements, and tension in the broader understanding of wrestling through the perspectives and experiences of Muslim wrestlers in India

1st supervisor: Kai Kresse
2nd supervisor: Birgit Krawietz
3rd supervisor: Torsten Tschacher

Research Interests:

Historical Anthropology, Anthropology of body, Anthropology of Islam, South Asia

Book Chapter

Forthcoming: Antil, S. R. (2026). From mud to mat: Moral and material ecologies of wrestling practice in North India. In T. Fabian & C. Heffernan (Eds.), Body cultures: Physicality, space, and moving bodies. Brill.

Journal Article

Bhojvaid, V., Antil, S. R., Chatterjee, R., & Joseph, S. (2026). Care and living materialities. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 16(1), 298-302. https://doi.org/10.1086/740765

Online Blog Series

Antil, S. R. (2020, October 14). Ethnography of (in)visible bodies: Indian wrestlers during the coronavirus pandemic. Boasblog. https://boasblogs.org/fieldworkmeetscrisis/ethnography-of-invisible-bodies/

 

Book Review

Antil, S. R. (2026). Maura Finkelstein, The archive of loss: Lively ruination in mill land Mumbai Reading the Archive, 1(2), 1–6. https://readingarchive.janastu.org/ria/article/view/40

Article in Press/Media

Antil, S. R. (2023, June 10). Wrestlers’ protest: Patriarchy, problems, and private agencies. The Quint. https://www.thequint.com/opinion/wrestlers-protests-patriarchy-problems-and-private-agencies