Parashar Kulkarni writes about religion, political economy, and utopias in colonial and contemporary India and the British Empire. He collaborates on films and documentaries. His work has appeared in literary and academic journals such as Granta, Boston Review, The Sociological Review Magazine, Social Science History, and the British Journal of Political Science. His writing has received several international prizes, including the British Academy's Brian Barry Prize, the Boston Review Aura Estrada Prize, and the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize. He has published two novels, Cow and Company and Darako. He has a Ph.D. from New York University.