Have you been named after Homi Bhabha, the great scientist?
No, I have been named after my grandfather. But, Homi Bhabha was a distant relative. What is the nature of the work that you are doing at the Radcliffe Institute on cultural citizenship? I am interested in the global context of the issue of global citizenship. Citizenship has largely been seen in its social, political and legal aspects. How does aesthetic and ethical experience form part of cultural citizenship? Sociologists and policy thinkers think of culture in the context of global governance and of culture as institutions. I believe cultural works ignite the issue of the cultural citizen. What Indian sources have you used in your writings and theory? I have found a number of interesting precursors to the global discourse, for instance, among the early nationalists such as Hardayal, Lala Lajpat Ray, and Madam Cama. What is your interest in subaltern studies? I am very interested in the idea of collaborative work, very interested in the way subaltern histories have given presence to
