I write a mix of fiction and nonfiction.
Here’s a selection from the 1,000+ stories I’ve written in my career under two bylines
for publications such as The New York Times, TIME, BBC, CNN, and more.
2024
2023
2022
2021
| Vocal | Bulk Order (Short Story) |
| Vocal | Unfriend (Short Story) 🏆Award-nominated story🏆 |
| Discover | Rivers of Change |
| Vocal | Boulevard of Broken Dreams |
| Vocal | The Journey of a Single Step |
| Vocal | You Have Not Yet Lived |
| Brain World | Staying In Touch: The Secrets To Long-Lasting Relationships |
| Brain World | What Fatherhood Does to Men’s Brains |
| Brain World | The Sweet Smell Of Marketing |
| Brain World | Playing Mind Games: How Criminals Manipulate and Get Caught |
| Brain World | The Odor of Your Dreams |
| Brain World | Expand Your Wits and Horizon (with Neuroplasticity) |
| Brain World | Marketing to Your Mind |
2020
| Brain World | The Science Behind Those Moody Blues |
| Brain World | Why Is Facebook So Hard to Quit? |
| BBC | The UK’s rumoured subterranean network |
| Brain World | Who’s The Decision-Maker: Your Brain Or You? |
| The CS Monitor | Once struggling, Britain’s corner shops give comfort to UK shoppers |
| South China Morning Post | First openly transgender Tibetan and LGBT icon Tenzin Mariko |
| Sierra | What do we do with too much renewable energy? |
| Brain World | Are You Really Hungry? |
| The CS Monitor | They’ve faced brutal cops abroad. Now they’re advising US protesters |
| Brain World | Are Your Dreams Making You Smarter? |
| South China Morning Post | This pandemic is revealing how we’ve betrayed our global values |
| Brain World | Inside The Dream Mind |
| South China Morning Post | A coronavirus time bomb waiting to explode: India’s 4 million waste pickers |
| South China Morning Post | How India’s coronavirus border closures and lockdown affected India |
| The Freelance Creative | A 9-Step Guide to Financial Security for Freelancers |
2019
| Brain World | Neurogastronomy: Learning to Eat Less |
| Brain World | Notes to Live By: Why Your Brain Craves Music |
| Brain World | How Climate Change Affects Our Brains |
2018
| Writer’s Digest | 20 Ways to Generate Article Ideas in 20 Minutes or Less |
| Cathay Pacific Discovery | 8 things to know about India before you go |
2017
2016
| Writer’s Market 2016 | 9 Secrets of Six-Figure Freelancers |
| The Writer | Content To Go |
| The Writer | Pitch, Write, Repeat: Build an Ongoing Relationship with Editors |
| Helen Keller International | Gardening: A Sustainable Solution for Malnutrition? |
| Doggerel (Arup) | Mapping the world’s most vulnerable regions |
2015
2014
| Ensia | Can Medicinal Plants Alleviate Poverty and Protect Nepal’s Fragile Environment? |
| World Pumps | Solar power’s low cost to farmers |
| The Writer | The Finishing Touch |
| Canvas8 | Perfiniti: putting love to the test in India |
| Canvas8 | Why Indians will put anything on credit |
| The Writer | Taking 8 Simple Steps Can Increase Your Cash Flow Savvy |
| Canvas8 | Yoga for a new generation |
| FutureFood 2050 | Birthing a new era of sustainable agriculture |
| Canvas8 | India’s love of home delivery |
| Ensia | Teach a Child, Change a World |
| Canvas8 | India’s strategic big spenders |
2013
2012
| Engineering News-Record | Substructure-Plus of 10-Story Building Assembled in 48 Hours |
| Executive Travel | Exploring India |
| Executive Travel | McDonald’s Entry into India |
| Executive Travel | How to capitalize on India’s growing economy |
| Executive Travel | The Growth of India’s Mid-Priced Hotels |
| Engineering News-Record | India’s Latest Boom Town Lacks Basic Infrastructure |
| ABC News | Killed for objecting to a coal mine |
| Engineering News-Record | Secrecy Shrouds Fate of Finished $1-Billion Residential Tower in India |
| Architectural Record | In India, $1 Billion House by Perkins Not Fit For Sleeping In |
| Engineering News-Record | India’s Quake Hazard Called a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen |
2011
| Engineering News-Record | Green Building Booms in India |
| TIME | India’s Online Shopping Spree |
| ABC News | Is India exporting radiation to the world? |
| The New York Times | Make Room for Hinglish |
| TIME | Three Hours in Kolkata |
| The Hindu | Detective as Matchmaker |
| Brain World | The Hidden Cost Of Sporting Events |
| ABC News | Where the roads are paved with plastic |
| The New York Times | In South Delhi, a Home for Three Generations |
2010
| ELLE | Romancing India |
| Motherland | Easy Riders: Women on the Move |
| ABC News | Wasted opportunity for Delhi’s environment |
| ELLE | A Bitter Pill |
| The World | A plane crash, a fake passport and a slew of questions |
| ELLE | This Time It’s Female |
| The World | Scientology takes hold in India |
| ELLE | Taking the Field: Krushnaa Patil, Mountaineer |
| ELLE | Taking the Field: Aliya Das Gupta, Equestrian |
| The New York Times | India Could Be Next Big Destination for Gay Tourists |
| The World | One man’s trash |
| The World | In India, C-sections are in the stars |
| The World | Unfettered by regulation, India pulls ahead on stem cell treatments |
| TIME | In India, Banking on the ‘Morning After’ Pill |
| The CS Monitor | Bad loan? India firm sends in the women |
| Women’s International Perspective | In the Race to the Commonwealth Games, Delhi’s Wastepickers are Left Behind |
| Ms. | Where Lesbians Don’t Exist |
| Union Postale | Financial Inclusion in Motion |
| The Caravan | The Treasure of Trash 🏆Award-winning story🏆 |
2009
2008
| TIME | One Night in San Francisco |
| Women’s International Perspective | In India, English-Language TV Stations Face Criticism and Ire for Their Coverage of Mumbai Attacks |
| Self | Take it Slower |
| Ms. | Have They Forgotten the Kama Sutra? |
| Spirituality & Health | Going Boldly Into That Good Night |
| ELLE | Discovering Ghana |
| Women’s International Perspective | Dignity: Women in Mumbai Avoid Harassment on the ‘Ladies Special’ Commuter Train |
| Women’s International Perspective | The Rise of Medical Tourism: Americans Head to Foreign Shores for Healthcare |
| ELLE | Pride Meets Prejudice |
| Women’s International Perspective | Indian Couples Seek Security in Modern Marriages |
| Women’s International Perspective | Tibetans Find Power in Words |
| ELLE | What Are Your Dreams Telling You? |
| ELLE | Western Nuns, Eastern Philosophies |
| TIME | One Night in Accra |
2007
| ELLE | The World on Wheels |
| Women’s eNews | In India, Parents of Brides-to-Be Hire Sleuths |
| ELLE | Performing in the Dark |
| Women’s eNews | Marriage Bureau Specializes in India’s HIV Widows |
| NPR | On the Media: Writing For Their Rights |
| Sasee | Culturally Incorrect |
| ELLE | Fairer Sex, Fairer Deal |
2006
| ELLE | Living in Exile |
| ELLE | Out of the Shadows |
| Byline | Beat the Work-Alone Blues |
| East West | Stories of Strength |
| CE Lifestyles | Hot Product Designs for 2006 |
| ELLE | Sea Strands: One Year Later |
2005
| Next Step | 12 Ways to Keep Tabs on College Kids |
| CE Lifestyles | Where Do I Shop for CE Devices and Why |
| CE Lifestyles | Personalize Your Gift Wrap |
| CE Lifestyles | Do You Prefer Colored Electronic Devices? |
| CE Lifestyles | CE Designers: The Brains Behind the Designs |
| CollegeBound Teen | Fix The Holes In Your Application |
| Byline | Boost Your Bottom Line |
| Writer’s Digest | Breaking In: Gadget & Personal Tech Magazines |
| Next Step | 8 College Crises (And How to Fix ‘Em Quickly) |
2004
| Wedding Dresses | The Top 10 Movie Wedding Dresses of All Time |
| CollegeBound Teen | Can’t Concentrate? 10 Ways to Focus |
| Next Step | Get Organized! |
| Living Digital | Beware! Technology Could Land You in Jail |
| Living Digital | You Know You’re a Cellphone Addict When… |
2003
| Living Digital | Top 10 Lies Companies Get Away With |
| CollegeBound Teen | When All Is Not Lost |
| CollegeBound Teen | Popularity busters |