I am an Australian-Indian writer with a background in media, anthropology and literature. I have worked and taught in media and writing for the past decade.  I am passionate about telling stories from new perspectives that are traditionally left out of mainstream literature and media. My first novel, Friends & Dark Shapes, was published in 2021 by Europa Editions (US), Text Publishing (AUS) and Edizioni E/O (Italy) and was Shortlisted for the Queensland, the NSW Premiers’ Literary Awards and the Small Press Network’s Book of the Year.

 

My central themes of work have focused on migration, globalisation, conflict, the body, female identity and voice. I have worked on a range of media and creative projects and taught across universities and organisations and privately with individuals. 

 

I was the 2021 Writer in Residence at The Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University. I worked as the former Editor of The Point Magazine for Multicultural NSW, a publication exploring narratives of countering violent extremism and I was the creative producer of a digital media project exploring diverse, untold stories from South-West Sydney. I was a Churchill Fellow and looked at migrant narratives between Australia and Europe. My writing has appeared in a range of publications including Guernica, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, and the Griffith Review.

 

I am trained in Hatha style yoga, focusing on alignment and embodied flow. I run specialised workshops for organisations looking to create healing-informed spaces and for people working in creative practices to find a way to connect to their own bodies, stories and creativity. 

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I am represented by Mary Krienke at Sterling Lord Literistic Agency, New York, USA. 

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Photo credit: Christopher Woe