A former software engineer with a PhD from IIT Roorkee, I teach English to college students in Haryana, India.
Books
Selected work
- Fiction
1
- Nonfiction
1
- Poetry
17
In Conversation with Ankit Raj Ojha, Winner, Briefly Think Essay Prize 2023
Briefly Zine, 2023
Palate (Illustrated by Jason Novak)
From Pinpricks (Hawakal, 2022)
Nightmare City
Penn Journal of Arts & Sciences (University of Pennsylvania), 2024
Span (Sundress Broadside Contest 2023 Finalist)
Poetry Wales, 2023
Scales
Poetry Scotland, 2023
Tantan Chacha's Brand-New Dragon Balls
The Belfast Review, 2024
How to tame your dragons (Nominated for Pushcart and Best of the Net)
Porcupine Literary, 2023
The Banality of Indifference
Stanchion, 2023
Halāhal
Honest Ulsterman, 2024
Dream Publication; Resurgence; A Silent Street Sermon; Replay; Poets Anonymous
Outlook Weekender, 2023
Reflections Upon Visiting the Old Cemetery in Roorkee; The Infidel; The Barrel
Close Encounters in War Journal, 2023
Mahanadi
Doubleback Review, 2024
Inheritance
The Bayou Review (University of Houston–Downtown), 2022
Essential Services
Roi Fainéant Press, 2022
The Boy Next Door
Ink Sweat & Tears, 2023
A Song for Sonagachi
Porch Literary Magazine, 2024
The thing with thunderbolts
The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, 2024
Five poems and a story
The Piker Press, 2025
The Curious Case of François Bereaud’s Belly Button
MEARI, 2024