PhD Research (2016 – 2021):

Social Stratification at a Muslim Qasbah: The Case of Amroha in Colonial India

• First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Margrit Pernau

• Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Torsten Tschacher

• Third Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gayer

Publications:

2020. Sayyids and Social Stratification of Muslims in Colonial India: Genealogy and Narration of the Past in Amroha. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1-21. doi:10.1017/S1356186320000358.

November, 2017. “Revisiting Sir Syed’s Early Religious Writings” in Café Dissensus, Special Issue (40) on Remembering Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in Bicentenary Year (1817-2017).

May 2017. “Reclaiming “Manliness”: Reflections on growing up in Delhi” in Café Dissensus, Special Issue (35) on Masculinities in Urban India.

March, 2017. “The Politics of Imagining (in) Urdu in Contemporary India”, in Café Dissensus, Special Issue (33) on Urdu In Contemporary India: Predicaments and Promises.

Book Reviews:

The Cambridge Companion to Sayyid AhmadKhan edited by Yasmin Saikia and M. Raisur Rahman", Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 55, No.11, 14 March, 2020.

"Makers of Islamic Civilization: Ibn Khaldun" by Syed Farid Alatas, The Book Review, Vol. XXXVII, No. 10, October 2013.