Abir Bazaz is an Assistant Professor of English at Ashoka University. He finished his MA, and then his PhD, in Asian Literatures, Cultures and Media at the University of Minnesota. He also has an MA in Humanities in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of Chicago, and an MA in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. He is also a documentary filmmaker. Professor Bazaz’s research interests include Kashmiri literature, Urdu literature, South Asian literatures in English, Asian Cinemas, Religion and Cinema, Intellectual History of Islam in South Asia, Sufism, Faith and Literature, Existentialism, Negative Theology, Comparative Mysticism, and Violence Studies. He is currently working on a monograph titled The Negative Theology of Nund Rishi.