We, the founding members of the KHIDKI COLLECTIVE (KC), are a group of public scholars – that is, researchers who are committed to readers beyond the university. We share a common interest in the Deccan region and its larger significance in contemporary India. 

We, the founding collective, hope to make KC a broader platform for reflection on issues of history, politics and society in contemporary India. We aim to translate academic and intellectual insights into widely accessible knowledge. We want to shift the terms of debates from the seemingly commonsensical to one grounded in rigor and generosity of spirit. Towards that end, we intend to publish, curate and archive in multiple media: images, text, audio and video.  

We are beginning to speak from the place of the Deccan but are not confined to the Deccan. We value places and regions as crucibles in which material and social formations—nature and society—shape each other into distinct, yet composite forms. 

Khidki Collective organizes round tables and lectures, convenes and publishes collaborative writing on regions, histories and politics. 

We envisage Khidki as a window into the world, offering perspectives through multiple vantage points to deepen a public understanding of the contemporary world.

At the core of KC is a small group of young and engaged scholars: Swathi Shivanand, Indivar Jonnalagadda, Yamini Krishna, Santhosh Sakhinala, Khatija Khader, Mohd. Ayub Ali Khan and Nikhilesh Sinha. Around this group are Anant Maringanti, Sarah Waheed and Eric Beverley in the capacity of advisors and friends.

Khidki Collective is anchored at Hyderabad Urban Lab.