Shuddhabrata Sengupta is an artist and writer, and a member of the Raqs Media Collective, a group that combines research, historical and philosophical inquiry, and contemporary art. In 2002, he co-initiated Sarai, a platform for discursive partnerships between theorists, researchers, practitioners, and artists engaged in reflecting on contemporary urban spaces and cultures in South Asia at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.