An arts writer, curator, and photographer from New Delhi, India, Raunak’s writing and research is situated in the overlap between Indian expressionist performance(-filmography) and pop-culture(s) with reference to critical studies of communalism, caste, queerness, and race. They hold a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, and an M.Phil in Film and Screen Studies from the University of Cambridge — where they were the recipient of the Joan Simms Prize for Academic Excellence. As a doctoral student of Interdisciplinary Theatre and Drama at Northwestern, Raunak will also be affiliated with the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program as a Mellon Foundation Interdisciplinary Cluster Fellow.