In the Media
Conversations surrounding the publication of Almost Light and Grammar of Daughters have continued beyond the literary gathering itself through community discussion, media coverage, and featured excerpts.
Khabar Magazine Coverage of the Book Launch 2026
A feature highlighting the literary evening and discussion around Almost Light and Grammar of Daughters.
NRI Pulse Coverage of the Book Launch 2026
Coverage of the launch and reflections on the evening, along with continuing conversations around the books and their themes.
Excerpt: NRI Pulse Book — The Mother’s Grammar 2026
A featured excerpt from Grammar of Daughters, exploring the complex ways love, sacrifice, and unfinished longing can shape a mother’s relationship with her daughters. Published by NRI Pulse.
Fiction: What Silence Stole From Us – Khabar 2026
A quiet story about cultural expectation, emotional survival, and the irreversible cost of lost years a woman can never reclaim.
Essay: Playing Santa Claus at the Grace Shelter – Khabar 2009
Published in 2009, Playing Santa Claus at the Grace Shelter is a personal essay about volunteering at a women’s shelter during the holiday season. What begins as a simple act of giving becomes a reflection on poverty, privilege, migration, and the unexpected ways memory follows us across continents. Through encounters with women rebuilding their lives, the essay explores compassion, dignity, and the uneasy questions that arise when we recognize ourselves in the lives of others.
Rediscovering this essay years later, I am struck by how many of the questions that would eventually shape Almost Light and Grammar of Daughters were already present.