Academic, works in the broad areas of history/gender studies/visual studies. At present Director, Kerala Council for Historical Research, Trivandrum. Author "There Comes Papa: Colonialism & the Transformation of Matriliny in Kerala"; co-editor "Love and Revolution in the Twentieth Century Colonial and Postcolonial World"; co-editor The Hijab: Islam, Women and the Politics of Clothing"; translator. Hopes to transition to fiction any of these days!
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