Selected Essays
"In Search of Logged Time" for Public Books. On Proust, digital memories, and the labour of recollection. Reprinted by the Sydney Review of Books & featured in Literary Hub's daily roundup.
"Dancing With The Internet" for Digital Frontier. Issue 3 in print. On reimagining the internet as a physical space using anthropological theories of interaction from Robin Bernstein.
Now available online retitled as "What does the Internet Look Like?"
"Guillotine Them All" for Polyester Zine. On violent online rhetoric and its impact in public, institutional spaces.
"Narcissus Online" for Polyester Zine. On the echo chamber of self-reflection.
"Ozempic & Tumblr Thinspo" for Off Chance Magazine. On the resurgence of "ed twt".
"How Capitalism Created Content" for Polyester Zine. On post 2001 economics, the attention economy, and the algorithm.
"Wilful Chromesthesia" for Polyester Zine. On the rise of sensorial hyper-specificity, ambient noises, and "velvet sounds".
"Welcome to the DIY Internet" for Digital Frontier. On Neuromancer, cyberdecks, and handcrafted alternatives to big tech.
Selected Criticism
- my on and off again Substack.
Semi-Exhaustive List of Recent Publications
Please note that I will definitely forget to update this. Also, some of my articles are (unfortunately) paywalled. If you email me I will send you a copy of the article for your reading pleasure.
"Welcome to the DIY Internet" for Digital Frontier
"Heart Lamp: Selected Stories" by Banu Mushtaq for the Asian Review
"Hunchback" by Saou Ichikawa for the Asian Review
"The World With Its Mouth Open" by Zahid Rafiq for the Asian Review
"Wilful Chromesthesia: Sounds & Memories in the depths of YouTube" for Polyester Zine.
"What does the Internet Look Like?" for Digital Frontier (reprint)
“Rising Sons” by Kavery Nambisan for the Asian Review
“The Trunk” by Kim Ryeo-ryeong for the Asian Review
“On The Other Side” by Rahman Abbas for the Asian Review
“First Love” by Rio Shimamoto for the Asian Review
“Where The Wind Calls Home” by Samar Yazbek for the Asian Review
“Gifted” by Suzuki Suzumi for the Asian Review
“A Touch of Salt” by Anita Agnihotri for the Asian Review
“Mother India” by Prayaag Akbar for the Asian Review
“Do Not Ask The River Her Name” by Sheela Tomy for the Asian Review
“The Girl With The Seven Lives” by Vikas Swarup for the Asian Review
“The Enclave” by Rohit Manchanda for the Asian Review
“A Speck of Coal Dust” by Rohit Manchanda for the Asian Review
“The Night of Baba Yaga” by Akira Otani for the Asian Review
“The Solitude of a Shadow” by Devibharathi for the Asian Review
“She & I” by Imayam for the Asian Review
“Maria, Just Maria” by Sandhya Mary for the Asian Review
“The Singularity” by Balsam Karam for the Asian Review
“Y/N” by Esther Yi for the Asian Review
“Yellowface” by Rebecca F Kuang for the Asian Review
“Chittacobra” by Mridula Garg for the Asian Review
‘Mahmud And Ayaz’: An envelope-pushing novel that takes the past and the present head-on for Scroll
Sunjeev Sahota’s new novel ‘The Spoiled Heart’ spares no one for Scroll
"Guillotine Them All: The Violence & Context of Internet Slang" for Polyester
"Mass Consumption, the Algorithm and How Capitalism Created Content" for Polyester
"Narcissus Online: The Echo-Chamber of Endless Reflection" for Polyester
"Ozempic & Thinspo" for Off Chance
"In Search of Logged Time" for Public Books
"In Search of Logged Time" reprinted by the Sydney Review of Books under the partnership with PB to "exchange an ongoing series of essays with international concerns."
"Dancing with the Internet" for Digital Frontier
"South Asian Novels to Add to Your Bookshelf" for Smashboard
"Creatures of the Trash Mountain", fiction for ThroughLines Magazine
"Living like a Peeled Snail", fiction for SeaGlass Literary