Balamohan Shingade is a writer, curator and researcher living in Titirangi. He has published essays on contemporary art, Indigenous-settler relations, authoritarian populism, and the Indian diaspora in Aotearoa New Zealand. Currently, he is working on a doctoral thesis in social and political philosophy at the University of Auckland, where he is a teaching fellow. He is also an occasional singer of Hindustani music, and runs Spoor Books — an independent publisher and an online bookstore featuring titles from India and beyond.

www.balamohanshingade.com • www.spoorbooks.org