Writing, research and tools

The smallest things keep revealing the structure underneath.

I’m a writer and researcher based in Bengaluru, interested in gender, care and the politics of everyday life.

I look closely at ordinary things -homes, work, public space and family life - and the systems hiding inside them.

That work takes different forms: sometimes an essay, sometimes a research project, sometimes a tool.

Current work

Seen at Home

Seen at Home is a research-informed tool for making unpaid care work visible, including the planning, remembering and managing behind visible tasks. The first public pilot is now open.

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A couple standing in front of a house above the words Our unpaid labour mapped.
Two phones representing different patterns of conversation in mothers' and fathers' WhatsApp groups.

Featured essay

A WhatsApp group never sleeps

One month in a Bengaluru mothers’ WhatsApp group, set against four months in two fathers’ groups. A data essay about where the work of knowing lives.

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Work grounded in how people actually live

My work brings together writing, research, social design and strategy, drawing on more than 14 years across gender equity, public health, livelihoods and inclusion.

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Writing, research and advisory collaborations

I’m available for commissioned essays and features, research and research-informed editorial projects, advisory work, speaking and selected collaborations around gender, care and everyday systems.

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