Published Works
Features, Series, Interviews
No one eats non-veg here: How food
continues to divide Vibrant Gujarat — Scroll Magazine, April 4, 2017
Suicide Attempts are no longer
punished by law, and here’s why that’s a good thing — Scroll, March 24, 2017
When
the Gujarati word for fun described rioting, looting and murder — Scroll, March 24, 2017
‘They wish every day to be dead’: The struggles of
children in Gujarat’s riot rehabilitation camps — Scroll, March 2, 2017
From Mr Gay India to Dalit beauty queens: The changing
face of beauty pageants in India —
Scroll, February 28, 2017
Stalking cases on a rise. Convictions
lower than ever — HT
Focus, data investigation, October 2016
Of Faceless Facebook Stalkers: Indian
Teenagers At Higher Risk Of Cyber bullying than ROW — HT Focus, September 2016
The Dark Web Has Gone Mainstream — HT Investigations, September 2016
Left in the Cold, Hindu Refugees from
Pakistan still waiting on “Acche Din” promised by BJP government — HT Investigations, August 2016
Facebook Joins Kashmir Crackdown – HT Special Projects, July 2016
Till Property Do Us Part – how children are taking their aged
parents to court – HT Spotlight, June 2016
Rape and the city – a three-part data driven investigation
into Delhi’s trial courts dealing with rape cases. NPR picked up the series and its findings — HT, May 2016
How to become a man — Hindustan Times, August 2015
A long form non-fiction story about one transman’s
struggle growing up in a lower middle class family in West Delhi and his
journey towards getting sex reassignment surgeries.
Saying it explicitly: Why Indian women watch porn — Hindustan Times, August 2015
A feature about what pornography Indian women are
watching, and what they would like to see more/less of in adult films. The
survey was written and conducted by me.
Porn needn't be smutty: Feminist erotica director
Erika Lust — Hindustan Times, August
2015
An interview with Swedish pornographer Erika Lust
about why she thinks making porn women-friendly is important.
Juveniles feel remorse, are capable of reform: Ex-CJI
Altamas Kabir — Hindustan Times, May
2015
An interview with the former CJI on his experience
with juvenile crime, his personal views on the JJA as amended.
Dec 16 BBC documentary depicts mindset of rapists:
Leslee Udwin — Hindustan Times, March
2015
An interview with British director Leslee Udwin
When in legal trouble, say Ram — Hindustan Times, Oct 4, 2014
A profile of senior Supreme Court lawyer Ram
Jethmalani
A profile of Spanish songwriter, singer and
percussionist Manu Chao
Dancing with God — The Sunday Guardian, Sep 17, 2013
A look behind the scenes of the iconic Dance Ganesh Visarjan
in Mumbai
One girl among many — Times of India, Jul 23 2013
An feature on an all girls NGO, Aware Girls, which operates
out of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan FATA region and its founder
Gulailai Ismail
News Reporting – Exclusives
Bollywood-style revenge plot by cop, lawyer lands them
in jail — HT, March, 2016
Discrimination against male rape
victims? PIL in HC asks — HT, April 2015
The night Leslee Udwin found out a
criminal complaint had been registered against her for the documentary India’s
Daughter: first hand account — HT, March 2014
Uber rape victim gets threat calls as
case nears end — HT,
February 2015
Society turns a blind eye to
prisoners’ kids —
HT, Sep 22, 2014
Ordinance is unconstitutional, President’s legal
advisers tell him — Tehelka magazine,
Oct 1, 2013
Book Reviews
Others
Editing: Founder and EIC at @the.ladies.compartment
(website launch in September.) Former co-founder, writer and managing editor of
a lifestyle blog: Pyjama People
Hindustan Times, Dec 21, 2014
Hindustan Times, Jul 16, 2014
Fiction:
Asia Literary Review, Summer Issue, 2012
“The Green Thumb”
Out of Print Magazine, 2015
Asia Law: India Investor July 2008
