Balamohan Shingade is a writer, curator and researcher living in Titirangi. He has published essays on contemporary art, Indigenous-settler relations, authoritarian populism, and the Indian diaspora in Aotearoa New Zealand. Currently, he is working on a doctoral thesis in social and political philosophy at the University of Auckland, where he is a teaching fellow. He is also an occasional singer of Hindustani music and runs Spoor Books—an independent publisher, community platform, and online bookstore featuring titles from the Global South.