Gunjan Shekhawat is a final-year PhD Candidate at the Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her working thesis is titled, “Becoming Sati: Ritualisation of Violence amongst Rajput Women of Shekhawati Region in Independent India.” She is experienced in ethnographic research, and her research interests include Feminist Theory, Political Anthropology, Political Culture, and Ritual Studies.