Suanmuanlian Tonsing is a doctoral student, Junior Research Fellow (JRF), at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India. His research interests include the anthropology of the state, digital anthropology, media and communications, cultural studies, sociology of body, and ethnicity. His forthcoming paper will appear in the reputed journal Discourse and Communications. Some of his other works also feature in RePLITO, and Doing Sociology.