Shrutika Lakshmi
Syracuse University
is a 4th year PhD Candidate in department of Religion at Syracuse University with a dissertation titled Sacred Scripts, Broken Lines: Rethinking Hindu Marriages in the US Diaspora. This project if being advised by Prof. Joanne Punzo Waghorne. Prior to attending Syracuse University, she earned an M.Phil. from B.R Ambedkar University Delhi, India with a dissertation titled Politics of Time-Use Pattern in the Manava-Dharmaśāstra, a Master's from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India and a BA with honors in History from Miranda House, Delhi University, India. When she is not studying or working on her dissertation, Shrutika enjoys travelling and documenting lived experiences of people around the world. She is an ethnographer at heart who enjoys meeting and talking to people. Shrutika is a food connoisseur hence her life also revolves around making food and meeting over food. She is a firm believer in the power of food in bringing people together from different cultures and borders. You can find her on social media @myreligiousphd, Shrutika_thephdgurl and on LinkedIn, Research Gate and HASTAC Commons with the user name: Shrutika Lakshmi.
Other Forms of Dwelling: A Dalit – Feminist Perspective
Lakshmi frames Dalit feminist values alongside Indigenous frameworks to show alternative forms of dwelling, relation, and resistance beyond colonial modernity.