Designing for Everyone Is Not a Slogan: What Recent Indian Developments Mean for the Built Environment
An analysis of recent physical accessibility guidelines and implementation milestones under active Supreme Court oversight.
Writing & Essays
A collection of essays, reviews, and open letters analyzing accessibility from political, technological, and structural perspectives. All articles link to original online publications.
Random Reflexions — Notes from a Crip Life
Commentary exploring the social model of disability, media representation, digital barriers, and systemic bias in algorithmic design.
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Accessibility Is Not a Retrofitting Exercise: It Must Begin at the Drawing Board
Why structural design needs core planning rather than minor cosmetic additions post-construction.
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Employment as Applause: When Disability Inclusion Becomes Institutional Self-Congratulation
Critiquing corporate diversity theater and standard hiring practices that ignore true systemic accommodations.
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A Rejoinder to "The Upskilling Gap" — The Invisible Intersection of Gender, AI, and Disability
Exploring the combined structural layers that compound employment disadvantages in technical fields.
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How Algorithmic Bias Shapes Accessibility: What Disabled People Ought to Know
A guide to the mechanics of automated bias in automated recruitment, grading, and digital verification systems.
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Human in the Loop, Bias in the Script: A Film Review
Reviewing cinematic depictions of artificial intelligence and automated systems through a disability lens.
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Prototype — Accessible to Whom? Legible to What?
Questioning early-stage digital product metrics and user testing groups that exclude atypical cognitive and motor users.
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Disability-Smart Prompts: Challenging ableism in everyday AI use
Practical techniques for structured interactions with generative tools to counter systemic stereotypes.
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Technoableism and the Bias Pipeline: How Ableist Ideology Becomes Algorithmic Exclusion
Deconstructing the assumptions driving contemporary artificial intelligence standards regarding atypical user inputs.
Open Letters
Public correspondence addressing institutional policies, government guidelines, and systemic digital accessibility omissions.
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AI for All? An Open Letter to PM Modi on Disability Bias in India's AI Future
Highlighting the critical need to design AI systems that accommodate, validate, and protect the rights of persons with disabilities.
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An Open Letter to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology: Critique of the India AI Governance Guidelines
An in-depth critique highlighting the omission of digital accessibility guidelines in public systems infrastructure drafts.
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Open Letter to Niti Ayog: Urgent Need for Disability-Inclusive AI Governance Framework
Requesting regulatory changes to link technical investment with universal digital access regulations under the RPwD framework.