I am an independent journalist based in Mumbai. 

I cover the interplay between culture, politics, and society. I am interested in everything, though cinema and its makers have featured most regularly in my work. 

Previously, I was the features editor at Mid-day.com. I contribute culture columns and special interviews to Business Standard and Hindustan Times. You can also find my writing in publications such as The Indian Quarterly, The Hindu, and Reuters. 

Winner of the Business Standard-Seema Nazareth Award, 2013, for an article on the life and work of Mumbai's bar dancers. Two-time Sundance Institute Press Inclusion Initiative grant winner. Kamran Djam Scholar at SOAS, University of London, 2017-18.