Akanksha Singh is a journalist, content writer, and editor based in Mumbai, India. Her essays and journalism have appeared in BBC Culture, Bon Appétit, CNN Travel, HuffPost, The Independent, South China Morning Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, and more.
Akanksha Singh
Articles
A Story Needs to Shake You Up
Akanksha Singh speaks with Jonas Hassen Khemiri, author of “The Sisters,” about the process of translating his own work and the power of the stories we tell ourselves.
Passing in Black-and-White
Akanksha Singh reviews Mayukh Sen’s “Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star.”
Unspoken Spaces
Akanksha Singh interviews Jokha Alharthi about her latest novel, “Silken Gazelles.”
Room for One’s Own: A Conversation with Yogesh Maitreya
Akanksha Singh speaks with Yogesh Maitreya on his new book “Singing/Thinking Anti-Caste” and the work of his publishing house, Panther’s Paw Publication.
What If Writing Lost the Plot?
Akanksha Singh considers plotlessness, and how it's perceived by stories of different cultural provenance.
The Beats, the Hungryalists, and the Call of the East
Akanksha Singh considers Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury’s “The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution.”
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