Essays

An ADHD diagnosis has reframed years of thinking I was ‘too much’ - The Lily at The Washington Post 2022

Why I Separated My Indian Identity From My Hindu Identity - Harpers Bazaar 2021

The Day My Outrage Went Viral - Zora Magazine 2019

Frangipani - Powell’s Book Blog 2019

Required Reading for Families Who Fight Hate - Toca Magazine 2017

She's Here to Stay - Open Magazine 2017

Her Story Retold - Open Magazine 2017

Girl Positive - Open Magazine 2017

Please Stop Saying My Adopted Daughter is Lucky - The Washington Post.Com 2016

A for Alphabet Soup - The Indian Express 2016

Yes, Yes, and Yes - The Hindu Business Line 2015

My Friend Sarojini - The Indian Express 2015

How Children's Books Can Save Lives - Quartz 2014

Through a Lens - The Hindu Sunday Magazine 2013

Interviews

Hena Khan is a Storyteller, First and Foremost - Kirkus 2024

Ziwe is the Protagonist of Her Own Story - Kirkus 2023

Erin Marie Lynch Interviewed - Bomb Magazine 2023

Amanda Gorman Offers Hope for the Journey - Kirkus 2023

Myriam Gurba: Writing is Not Cathartic - Kirkus 2023

Novelist Tania James on Writing, Vulnerability, and Transformation - Ms. 2023

Ellen Oh’s New Book Traverses the Asian Diaspora - Kirkus 2023

Best Middle-Grade Books of 2022: Wendy Wan-Long Shang - Kirkus 2022

Best Middle-Grade Books of 2022: Linda Sarsour - Kirkus 2022

Where Are The Asian Americans in American History?: An Interview with Catherine Ceniza Choy - Kirkus 2022

If We Took It To Its Natural Conclusion: Vauhini Vara Interviewed by Mathangi Subramanian - Bomb Magazine 2022

“We Have to Touch Joy”: Tanais on their Latest Book, In Sensorium - Harper’s Bazaar 2022

Solidarity, Motherhood, and Immigration: Poet Divya Victor Shares Her South Asian Experience - Ms. Magazine 2021

Joy Harjo’s Lifelong Obsession With Stories - Kirkus 2021

Sensitivity As a Superpower: Rajiv Mohabir Interviewed by Mathangi Subramanian - Bomb Magazine 2021

Q&A: Author Sheba Karim on India, #MeToo and The Marvelous Mirza Girls - Ms. Magazine 2021

OpEds

Farmers in India Are Fighting For Their Lives - Harpers Bazaar 2021

Asian Americans Must Make Themselves Heard in the 2020 Election - SF Chronicle 2020

Writing Women into Existence - Ms. Magazine 2019

How to Bring Diversity in Children’s Literature - Hindustan Times 2019

Anganwadi Workers Look After India's Smallest Children, Yet No One Wants to Pay Them - The Ladies Finger 2017

Modi Needs to Publicly Condemn Anti-immigration Policies of Trump - DailyO 2017

Sorry Smriti Irani, This is No Way to Include Student Voices in the Education System - The Wire 2016

In India, Women Professors May Be the Solution to Educational Inequality - Quartz 2016

Start at the Bottom - The Indian Express 2016

Education After Bloomberg - Al Jazeera America 2014

Hungry Mothers, Starving Children - The Hindu Sunday Magazine 2013

Humor

Word Problems for Working Women of Color - McSweeney’s 2022

Screenwriting

Mae’s Minute: Supporting Elmo During COVID-19 - Sesame Workshop 2020

Elmo’s World News Special Report: Cover Your Cough and Sneeze Dance - Sesame Workshop 2020 

Elmo’s World News Special Report: Pretend Play - Sesame Workshop 2020 

Elmo’s World News Special Report: Freeze Dance -  Sesame Workshop 2020 

Elmo’s World News Special Report: Imagination -  Sesame Workshop 2020 

Elmo’s World News Special Report: Finding Shapes - Sesame Workshop 2020  

Reported Pieces

A Children’s Book Offers Real Talk on Menstruation - Kirkus 2023

The Scene is Set: We All Live in Bhopal - The Hindu Sunday Magazine 2014

No Country for Some People - The Hindu Sunday Magazine 2014

All Play, No Work: The Sutradhar Toy Store - The Hindu Sunday Magazine 2013

Small Children, Big Dreams - The Hindu Sunday Magazine 2013