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Mailing Address Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures Department University of Virginia 109 Harris Road Charlottesvilla, VA 22903 USA

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Research Interests My intellectual interests lie primarily in the medieval, transitional languages and literatures of north India, such as Apabhramsa, early Hindavi and Awadhi. Through such literatures one can trace the cultural continuities within South Asian civilization as it undergoes changes in response to the arrival of Islamicate cultures. I have developed an interest and specialization in Jainism through my work in Prakrit and Apabhramsa, and in early South Asian Sufism through a study of its literature, and developing material for syllabi on the role of Islam in South Asian civilization. I am keenly interested in the development of Indian cinema, particularly in the post Independence period how it manifests political and cultural change.

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