I am a journalist specialising in deeply-reported, narrative feature articles from across India. My work has been published in The Economist, Rest of World, The Hindu and The Economic Times, among others.

"What do you write about" is a question I sometimes struggle to answer because of the sheer diversity of issues and themes I have reported and written on. To give you an idea, these include an in-depth profile of influential tech honcho Sridhar Vembu and his links with the political Right to a cover story about new scientific research which revived a decades-old, forgotten experiment and the fascinating figures behind them; a deep dive on billionaire-podcaster-investor Nikhil Kamath and the influence he has built and wields; a long read on the Indian victims of cyber scam rings operating from South East Asia; and a cover story on the incredible rise and staggering fall of a billionaire from coastal Karnataka all thanks to a misdirected tweet. In short, if it makes for a good story, I'd write about it -- the only exception may be cricket. I was also a co-host of The Morning Brief, the flagship podcast of The Economic Times.

While I spent much of my career writing on politics, business, health, ecology, gender and culture for India’s premier business publications, I am particularly drawn to people-centric stories and enjoy bringing these to life for the reader.

In 2023, I was a Chevening South Asia Journalism Programme Fellow, spending two months at the University of Westminster in London. In 2025, I was selected to be part of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network , a six-month programme run by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. I have also received fellowships from the International Centre for Journalists and the Global Investigative Journalists’ Network. For my work, I was awarded the Business Standard-Seema Nazareth Award for Excellence in Print Journalism and the Polestar award for Best Good News Feature.

I started my career in New Delhi and spent a few years there in the newsrooms of Business Standard and The Economic Times, before moving to Bangalore as the first features writer to cover South India for Business Standard. I have grown rather fond of the city despite the usual complaints (the traffic! the roads!). I continue to be based there but I report from across the country. In my last assignment, I was Senior Assistant Editor with The Economic Times.