Selected fiction and essays, published over the past decade.
Essay · Asia Art Archive · 2025
Waiting
‘You have traveled a long way and now you feel stuck.’
Speculative essay about everyday encounters with plants, psychoanalysis, and varied experiences of time during crises. Published by Like a Fever, Asia Art Archive’s online publishing platform.
Fiction · Granta · 2017
Drawing Lessons
‘All colours are hurt spectacles, I think, and say aloud without intention.’
A short story about queer desire and feminine interiority. Winner of the 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia.
Research essay · Commonwealth Foundation · 2015
Searching for Women’s Diaries in India
‘The diary contains things that might not find a home in the memoir.’
An investigation into the absence of published women’s diaries in India, framing the diary as a feminist practice of self-articulation and record-keeping. The essay traces an archival quest, asking what it means for women’s interior lives to remain hidden away.
Fiction · Granta · 2012
Radio Story
‘We have been married five years, too soon for us to take pleasure in each other’s absence.’
Historical fiction about an underground radio operation during the Indian independence struggle. Winner of the 2012 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia.