Category: non-fiction

Five minutes until my first Teams meeting. I’m still in pajamas but you are showered and ready for an appointment. You grab your car keys and step out while I… Read more »

The summer breeze sways bunches of green mangoes left and right on the neighbor’s tree which stretches its limbs into your courtyard. The fruit reminds you of the mango pickle… Read more »

This piece was published in 100 Word Story. My name is Sara, I say. I’m from India. Never met an Indian with that name, they say. Is it short for… Read more »

Published by ELJ Press in 12/2021: We wanted to wash our hair with shampoo, not with gram flour paste, the grains of which clung like lice eggs. We wanted pads… Read more »

I was interviewed by Brenna Womer for SmokeLong Quarterly on 06/21/2021 In “The Goat in the Math Problem,” what might the area of grass the goat is tethered to represent?… Read more »

This non-fiction I wrote after my Khala passed away earlier this year was published by Citron Review on 06/20/2021. When my family in India sleeps, I recite Aayat-e-Karima, a verse… Read more »

Here’s a video of me reading my 100-word story “Adverb” published in National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2021: Adverb I shouldn’t use adverbs but how do I describe the way… Read more »

This 100-word story won an honorable mention in the National Flash Fiction Day Micro Contest 2021. It will be published in the NFFD anthology, 2021 Adverb I shouldn’t use adverbs… Read more »

“When my flight lands at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, my blood does not pulse like it always does on absorbing my country’s air. Today, your breath is not mixed… Read more »