I recently completed my PhD (publication due) in the field of Film- and Media Studies at the University of Tübingen under the able guidance of Prof. Dr. Susanne Marschall.

The title of my Doctoral Thesis is “The Becoming of a Hero. Identity conflicts in contemporary Hindi cinema“. In my thesis, I focus on the following issues: 

• Identity and identity conflicts
• Culture and cultural conflicts
• The phenomenon of Othering
• Discourses on nationalism and evolution of Indian nationalism
• Instruments of discrimination: Religion, Caste, Gender and Intersectionality
• Modernity and Globalization conflicts
• Evolution of Indian cinema and different genres, meta-genres

  

In addition to my interest in Indian cinema, I have other diverse research interests in the field of Media Studies. Some of the I topics that I am interested in are : 

• Serial storytelling 
• Emergence of streaming platforms and Television on Demand 
• Erinnerungskultur or Remembrance culture
• Representations of Jewish culture in recent television serials
• German series focussing on Post-War Germany
• Polarisation of Media 
• Social Media and Rise of Populism 
• Media systems and media ethics

• Ēkākī nārī. Satyajit Rays einsame Frauen im Aufbruch zur Eigenständigkeit in the series Film Konzepte, Journal Nr. 39. edition text + kritik, Boorberg Verlag, München. 2015. (Pg. 37-54) 
• FOTOS From Germany South Asia Tour: Unterrichtsvorschläge Porzellan. Edited by Goethe Institut, Hueber Verlag and Pasch. Goyal Publishers, New Delhi. 2010. 

• Doctoral Thesis : The Becoming of a Hero. Identity conflicts in contemporary Hindi cinema.
• Das doppelte Schweigen: Erinnerungskultur in Indien. (appearing in 2022 in the Anthology “In Erinnerung bringen: Medienkulturen im Wandel”, Ed. Susanne Marschall, Herbert von Halem Verlag, Köln.)