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Book Chapters

2025

Dalit Intersectionality as Method and Theory: Women’s Narratives from the Margins of Urban Progress
In Intersectionality beyond Eurocentrism (forthcoming)
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Peer-reviewed Articles

2025

Dreams Deferred: Navigating Urban Aspiration and Vulnerability among Informal Laborers in Hyderabad
Anthropology of Work Review (Under Review)
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2023

Informal Labor Blues: Gendered Effects of COVID-19 and Beyond on Women Belonging to Backward Castes in Hyderabad, India
Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society
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Informal Labor Blues: Effects of COVID-19 on Dalit Caste Women in Hyderabad
Interdisciplinary Knowledge Series, Women’s Studies Unit, Bhairab Ganguly College, New Delhi Publishers
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2019

Gender transformative approach to societal empowerment
Indian Journal of Women and Social Change
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Re-examining WASH Outcomes for Behaviour Change and Development: Case of two Districts in Bihar
Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI) Quarterly-Contributions to Indian Social Science with Saurabh Sood

Research Essays, Op-Eds and Reports

2025

Dreams Deferred: Navigating Aspiration and Constraint in Urban India’s Margins
Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) Annual Review , University of Oregon

2022

Informal Labor Blues: Gendered Effects of COVID-19 and Beyond on Backward Caste Women in India
Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) Annual Review , University of Oregon

Let them Eat Cake: Narrative Around Food Amidst the Pandemic among Backward Communities in India
The Village Square Journal with Prapti Adhikari

2020

3ie’s Agricultural Innovation Evidence Programme: summary from our learning workshops
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation with Mark Engelbert and Deeksha Ahuja
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2019

Nourishing Hard to Reach Communities
Vihara Innovation Network for Reckitt Benckiser with Gayathri Sreedharan, Divya Datta, Neha Jain
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Change through Communities: Lessons from District Bureaucrats
Sehgal Foundation Newsletter
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2018

Positive Deviance and Appreciative Inquiry: The story of slowly transforming Sadai
The Village Square Journal
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Do governance and development go hand in hand
New Delhi Times with Saurabh Sood
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Measuring happiness and sustainable development in India
SDG Philanthropy Platform with Saurabh Sood

2017

Rapid Assessment of the Phasing Out of Hazardous Pesticides in Dhoraji, Gujarat
Better Cotton Initiative with Prerna Mukharya, Paramjeet Chawla
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Work in progress

Navigating Margins: Gender, Identity, and Developmental Discourse among Ethnic Minorities
with Sayak Khatua

Threads of Survival: Kinship, Gender, and Intersectional Dynamics in Urban Slums
with Sayak Khatua

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