About me

I was born in Dahanu, India, and moved to the United Kingdom in 2007, when I was six years old. I grew up in Dorset, England. My heritage language is Gujarati.

My pronouns are he/him/his.

I am happy to be addressed as 'Mal' ([mal]) or 'Malhaar', which can be pronounced either [malhɑːɹ] or [mʌlhɑːɾ]. I share this name with a raga, which has a legend associated with it.

If you are citing me, I prefer "Malhaar Shah", but "Mal Shah" is also fine.

Outside linguistics

I became vegetarian when I was 17. Some good reasons are discussed here.

When not working on language, I enjoy reading, long-distance running, and playing games. I also listen to a lot of music (mostly, 90's alternative rock, trip-hop, and Britpop).