Sarthak Parashar is an alleged cinephile (even though he has neither watched Nolan or Scorcese), freelance journalist, unapologetic lover of art, and Lata Mangeshkar fanboy. The lovechild of Chanda from Anurag Kashyap's Dev D and Tara Khanna from Made in Heaven, he finds solace in films, the literature of Jhumpa Lahiri, ghazals sung by women, and gossip from r/BollyBlindsNGossip. Based in Delhi, you can find him on Instagram @curlsandmockery.
Age and youth, love found and love lost, a city of excess and a city of scarcity—Sarthak Parashar examines the many contrasts balanced by Payal Kapadia in the acclaimed All We Imagine As Light (2024).