Nisarg Patel [નિસર્ગ પટેલ] is a Ph.D. candidate in the Comparative Media and Culture program at USC (joined 2021). A South Asianist by training, he is currently working on a Dissertation Project titled “Enframed: Visual Culture(s) and the Changing Perceptions of History in India (1860-1960)” under the supervision of Prof. Neetu Khanna. His project examines 19th-century colonial stereographs, 20th-century Indian cinema, and post-colonial vernacular literature, in order to trace the shifts in ‘perception of history’ and construct a ‘history of perception.’