Gowhar Fazili teaches political science and sociology to undergraduates and postgraduates. His published work explores political subjectivity in Kashmir and explores how fictional writing interacts with the very real, intimate agitations of life for Kashmiri people. His writing has appeared in numerous academic and popular journals, and Routledge India chose a monograph based on his doctoral thesis as part of a series on ethnographic innovations and South Asian perspectives. He completed his MPhil and PhD from the University of Delhi.