Namrata is an author, editor, and book reviewer. She is a UEA alumnus and has studied travel writing at the University of Sydney. Her writings can be found on Kitaab, Asian Review of Books, Contemporary South Asia Journal of King’s College-London, Mad in Asia, The Friday Times, The Scroll, Feminism in India, The Brown Orient Journal, Inkspire Journal, Moonlight Journal, The Same, Chronic Pain India and Cafe Dissensus. Her short stories have been a part of various anthologies and she has also published two short story collections of her own. She is currently working on her debut novel. You can find her on Twitter @PrivyTrifles.
K. Vaishali won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar this year for her memoir Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India. She speaks about this latest honour, inclusivity in Indian publishing, and the challenges of revealing the sensitive parts of her life to the world. By Namrata