I spent over twenty years making my living as a Technical Writer. The experience helped me refine my writing and gave me a versatile toolbox.
As a freelance writer, I've written everything from video-scripts to picture-books. My expertise lies in tailoring the message for the medium. I always write keeping the audience in mind.
I enjoy editing as much as writing. My goal is to give honest, critical and kind feedback without altering the writer’s natural voice. I am currently Visual Narratives Editor at Usawa Literary Review.
Poetry
Anthologies:
Magazines
Arts Illustrated (Poetry Prize winner)
perhappened magazine
Hennepin Literary Review
Book reviews
Review of India’s Forests by Mahesh Rangarajan and Arupjyoti Saikia — Usawa Literary Review
Review of Dancing Frogs and Other Creatures in Verse by Zai Whitaker and Bhargavi Rudraraju — Nature Writing for Children Newsletter (Azim Premji University)
Review of Wonder Tales for a Warming Planet by Rajat Chaudhuri and Isha Nagar — Nature Writing for Children Newsletter (Azim Premji University)
Humour column
From 2012 to 2016, I wrote a monthly humour column for the Deccan Chronicle / Asian Age newspaper. Copies of the column are available on request.
Children’s books
FICTIOn
Best Asian Short Stories 2019 (Also awarded Editor’s Prize)
SheThePeople: 100-word Fiction (Also awarded First prize)
Technical Writing
From 2000 to 2020, I worked as a Technical Writer and UX Writer for companies like HCL, California Software, Selectica and MYOB Australia. I was also a speaker at several Society of Technical Communication conferences.
See my LinkedIn profile for more details.
Travel Essays
China Gives The Green Light — National Geographic Traveller (India)
Sense of a Forest (BR Hills) — JLR Explore
Kabini from the Slow Lane — JLR Explore
A Hampi Kaleidoscope — JLR Explore
All the World’s A Stage (Ganeshgudi) — JLR Explore
SCRIPT FOR SHORT FILM
Awards
Glass House POETrY Festival, 3rd Prize
{ ArtMantram · Apr 2024 }
Pushcart Prize Nomination - Poetry
{ Black Bough Poetry · Dec 2023 }
Pushcart Prize Nomination - Poetry
{ IceFloe Press · Dec 2021 }
Glass House Poetry Festival, Honourable mention
{ ArtMantram · Jul 2020 }
SheThePeople Short Story Awards
{ SheThePeople.tv · Jun 2020 }
Arts Illustrated Poetry Contest Winner
{ Arts Illustrated magazine · Oct 2019 }
Editor's Award, Best Asian Short Stories 2019
{ Kitaab International Publications · Oct 2019 }