Articles

India Currents

• Not the brown girl with the red dot, India Currents, September 2019
• Fifty shades of Modern love, India Currents, December 2019
• Dance lessons bring romance to a midlife marriage, India Currents, February 2020
• Raising a feminist family, India Currents, March 2020
• When wishes come true, India Currents, April 2020
• It does take a village to raise a child, India Currents, May 2020
• We called them blessings, India Currents, October 2020
• Looking at the brighter side of a pandemic year, India Currents, December 2020
• What women in STEM need, India Currents, February 2021

Khabar

• Mothering in the age of AI, Khabar, August 2019
• Belonging – then and now, Khabar, December 2019
• Are you a good Hindu, Khabar, March 2020.
• Our Modern Family, Khabar, July 2020
• Her beautiful mind, Khabar, November 2020
• When the journey is our destination, Khabar, April 2021

Singapore Unbound

• Book review of Yiyun Li’s Dear Friend, From my life I write to into yours, Singapore Unbound, May 2019
• Pink or blue, anyone will do, Singapore Unbound, June 2019
• Book review of Pico Iyer’s Autumn Light, Singapore Unbound, February 2020

Mutha Magazine

• Why do people have children, Mutha Magazine, June 2019

The Hindu

• Of a certain super power and my first wrist watch, The Hindu, April 2019

The Curious Reader

• My problem with Indian diasporic writing, The Curious Reader, October 2019
• The ups and downs of binge reading an author, The Curious Reader, January 2020
• How my understanding of romance in literature changed over time, The Curious Reader, February 2020
• Why we need independent presses like Story Artisan Press, The Curious Reader, March 2020
• How I make time to write as a working mom, The Curious Reader, April 2020
• Lockdown Reading: Turning to technology for my literary fix, The Curious Reader, May 2020

Straits Times

• If my mother met Marie Kondo, Straits Times, March 2019
• Of fairy lights, friendship and a festival without borders, Straits Times, October 2019
• Grabbing rides, making friends in the time of a virus outbreak, Straits Times, March 2020
• Ups and downs of circuit breaker life, Straits Times, April 2020
• My daughers, my social media guides, Straits Times, May 2020
• Watching my daughter graduate during a pandemic, Straits Times, June 2020
• A library visit that brought on a twinge of sadness, Straits Times, Aug 2020
• Much ado about Netflix show Indian Matchmaking, Straits Times, Aug 2020
• My passport doesn’t tell the whole story, Straits Times, October 2020
• Why I travel and why I miss it now, Straits Times, October 2020
• Coping with Covid-19 with retail therapy, Straits Times, December 2020
• Finding beauty and value in going grey, Straits Times, January 2021
• Adapting to the new normal means working fast and slow, Straits Times, March 2021
• Lessons from a tiny bug and a very large ship, Straits Times, April 2021

Media Rise Blog, Quarantined Across Borders

• An apprenticeship in observation, June 2020

Leaping Clear

• The Gentle Art of Lighting a Lamp, September 2020

Women Unbounded

• Ageing Gracefully – One grey hair at a time, January 2021
• My STEM career – Walking the tightrope of competing demands, February 2021

Literary Mama

• Yellow sari – January/February 2021
• What We Carry – Book review, January/February 2021

Media Mentions

• Story Artisan Press featured on Khabar – Storytelling Duo, Khabar, June 2019.
• Singapore book launch of Train Friends featured in Tabla newspaper, Singapore, November 2019.
• Hyderabad book launch of Train Friends featured in the New Indian Express, January 2020.
• She is a mom of two, scientist by training and writer by choice – YP Singapore, February 2020 
• San Francisco Press Club Awards, 2020 Bay Area Journalism Awards, Digital Media: Feature Story; Light nature for column Desi Roots, Global Wings