A poem on coming out, vulnerabilities, bravery and growth.
Fiction & Verse
What’s in a Name?
When I boarded a taxi in the capital and came face-to-face with the ambiguity of my religion.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Once upon a time in a land far, far away, a young girl encounters the gatekeepers of beauty.
The Half Widows
Giving voice to the wives, daughters, mothers and sisters caught between hope and despair in their wait for the men in their lives who have been swallowed up by conflicts …
Ideal Delhi Girl: Excerpts from ‘Adulting’
"Now that I’d just started working, I had had no time to ‘listen to my body’."
On Moving Out
A personal poem about the fears and aspirations of a young woman when she moved from Chandigarh to Delhi.
The Saffronisation of Saffron
Saffron – both the spice and the colour of patriotic fervour – is poisonous when consumed in excess.