Riya Kumar is a doctoral researcher in Political Science at Jawaharlal Nehru University, where her work engages with questions of gender, power, and political economy. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of feminist theory, cultural politics, and the bio politics, with a particular focus on how popular culture reflects and reproduces a politics of care.Through her writing, she seeks to bridge academic analysis with accessible public discourse, contributing to ongoing conversations on gender, power, and contemporary Indian society.