SELECTED ARTICLES

“Caste Capitalism and Queer Theory: Beyond Identity Politics in India.” South Atlantic Quarterly, 123(1): 105-128, 2024.

“Agriculture, rivers and gender: Thinking with ‘caste capitalism’, migrant labour and food production in the Capitalocene.” Agenda: Empowering women for gender equity, 37(1): 1-7. 2023

“Impossible Migrants: The Debate on Sex Work and the Crisis of Global Migration.” South Atlantic Quarterly, 120(3): 515-532. 2021.

“Queering Critiques of Neoliberalism in India: Urbanism and Inequality in the Era of Transnational “LGBTQ” Rights.” Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 47(3): 635-651. 2015.

“Brothels and Big Screen Rescues: Producing the Idea of ‘Prostitution in India’ Through Documentary Film.” Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 15(4): 549-566. 2013.

“Sex Work and Queer Politics in Three Acts.” The Scholar and Feminist Online, Issue 10.1-10.2. Fall 2011/Spring 2012. Republished in Danish, “Sexarbejde og queerpolitik i tre akter.” Modkraft, 16:17. 2012.

“Knowing The Unknowns: The Artwork of Chitra Ganesh.” (Art Essay).” Feminist Studies, 37(1): 111-126. 2011.

 “Sexuality and ‘The Left’: Thoughts on Intersections and Visceral Others.” The Scholar and Feminist Online, 7(3): Summer. 2009.

“South Asian Border Crossings, Migration and Sex Work.” Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of the National Sexuality Resource Center, 5(4): 19–30. 2008.

“Distinguishing Poverty and Trafficking: Lessons from Field Research in Mumbai.” Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, 9(1): 441-454. 2007.

“Producing the Spectacle of Kamathipura: The Politics of Red Light Visibility in Mumbai.” Cultural Dynamics, 18(3): 269-292. 2006.

“Born Into Saving Brothel Children,” Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture & Society, 17(4): 521-523

“Prostitution, Sex Work, and Violence: Discursive and Political Contexts for Five Texts on Paid Sex, 1987-2001.” Gender and History, 16(3): 794-812. 2004.

“Sex Work in the Global Economy.” New Labor Forum, 12(1): 74-81. 2003.

With Kukké S.  “Reflections on Queer South Asian Progressive Activism in the U.S.” Amerasia Journal, 25(3): 129-137. 1999/2000.