About

I am a writer, translator, and editor based in Singapore. My work straddles literature, translation, and the social sciences, spanning literary translation, short- and long-form editing, and research-driven writing on international politics and culture, with a particular focus on South Asia. I collaborate with writers and institutions on projects that require close attention to language, structure, and intellectual rigor.

I have published three books of translation and nonfiction. My translations include The Play of Dolls by Kunwar Narain (Penguin Random House India, 2020), a collection of short stories co-translated from Hindi, and Register the Name Kulbhushan Please, a novel by Alka Saraogi (Penguin Random House India, May 2026). I also co-authored More Than the Eye Can See (World Scientific, 2022) with Singapore’s former Ambassador-at-Large Gopinath Pillai. I hold an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa and previously worked in research and editing at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore.

My creative work has appeared in venues such as Words Without Borders, Ploughshares, The Asian Literary Review, and Two Lines, while my long-form academic and policy analyses have appeared in Carnegie India and in research publications at ISAS examining major political and social transformations in South Asia. I have participated in literary and research residencies including the Banff International Literary Translation Centre and the North East India Company in Assam, and was a Kautilya Fellow in foreign affairs and public policy.

My professional trajectory encompasses publishing, literary translation, teaching, and social-science research. Supported by a Fulbright–Nehru scholarship, I worked in India’s multilingual publishing industry before pursuing graduate training in literary translation at the University of Iowa, where I was affiliated with the International Writing Program and worked closely with visiting writers from around the world. I later served as a research associate and deputy editor at ISAS, editing research publications and engaging closely with writing on India’s domestic politics, international relations, and South Asian studies.

During these engagements, I have taught writing workshops, presented at academic conferences, participated in book panel discussions at literary festivals, and assisted in curriculum design—including for the University of Virginia’s pilot semester-long study-abroad programme in India. Since 2022, I have focused on my own book-length writing projects and am represented by the literary agency Writer’s Side.

My editing and writing experience has involved both academic and creative-type manuscripts. In social-science work, I am interested in the interaction between systemic forces on the one hand, and agentive cultural, linguistic, and social change on the other—especially as these dynamics affect democracy and international politics. In creative and literary work, I am drawn to projects that combine holistic narrative ambition with formally innovative and self-reflexive approaches to storytelling. I work on projects that might require argument support or line-based and developmental editing.