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Sneha Annavarapu

Dr. Sneha Annavarapu is an assistant professor of urban studies at Yale-NUS College. She is an ethnographer by training, her research interests centering on urbanization, governance, class relations, and gender in contemporary India. She has published articles in academic journals such as Social Problems, Journal of Historical Sociology, and Journal of Consumer Culture and is a host on the New Books Network podcast. icon

Borders Cast Long Shadows on Nations: Talking with Malini Sur

By Sneha Annavarapu

“Borders continue to gather life’s promises, even when walls and checkpoints brutally divide nations and societies.”

Hope and Capital: Talking India with Ravinder Kaur

By Sneha Annavarapu

“Anyone who comes in the way of the ‘good times’ becomes a threat to capital, and to the nation-state itself.”

Risky Choices: Women and Cabs in Hyderabad, India

By Sneha Annavarapu

The arrival of app-based ride-hailing in Indian cities has made a significant difference in the way the middle class, especially young men and women ...

India’s Youth: Small Chances, Big Dreams

By Sneha Annavarapu

The first time someone recommended Snigdha Poonam’s Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing the World to me, I rolled my eyes at the title. I wondered ...

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