Writing
Essays, experiments, and notes — on research methodology, data tooling, typography, and the places where code meets language.
Scenery as Weapon
How aesthetic order and administrative classification erase political life—from electoral rolls and deletion lists to censor-board cuts and contested archives.
Fieldwork in Dadri: A Methodology Note
Methodology from fieldwork in Dadri, western Uttar Pradesh: 214 household surveys across seven villages, satellite imagery analysis across two decades, oral histories, and the politics of land records in a peri-urban landscape.
What's in a Name? Ethnicity Detection and its Discontents
A reflection on the promises and perils of algorithmic name-to-ethnicity classification, drawing on experience building a detector for South Asian names.
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