I am Sourav from India. Currently doing a Visual Studies MPhil (thesis due the end of this year).

But my ongoing and future research interest for PhD is the online LGBTIQA visual culture in India after the repealing of Section 377 in India in 2018 (a British-era law that criminalised homosexuality). It's a very very wide field and I am considering to delve into Meme Studies to get a foothold. I really don't know if it will work. But I like the vibes in Meme Studies academia so far. Not a big fan of academia otherwise.

My academic interests / trainings are in Art History, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Communication Studies and Gender Studies / Queer Studies.

Hobbies are collecting images from the internet (after removing their metadata) and writing collaborative texts with visual artists and photographers and translating books. I also draw and paint casually and work with visual artists to promote their work through writing.