Sakshi is a linguist and an overall language geek. As a Junior Research Fellow, her M.Phil. thesis focused on the morphology and syntax of Haryanvi, a Western variety of Hindi. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from St. Stephen’s College and thus, likes to read and work on the intersection of sciences and humanities. She has worked as a Curriculum Designer for English in the Edtech space and as a Course Instructor at JNU. She enjoys reading about a wide variety of subjects, including feminist theory, cognitive science, philosophy of mind and language, and artificial intelligence. However, poetry and modern Japanese fiction hold a special place in her heart. Some of her favourite poets are Mary Oliver, Jane Hirshfield, and Naomi Shahib Nye. In her free time, she is known to make terrible sketches of her friends.
