Newly Published Material
Flash Fiction
Dazed and Confused (Kitaab)
Maria’s Speech About Weighty Issues (Free Flash Fiction)
Keeping Up With The Robertsons (Free Flash Fiction)
Lily/Lily (Free Flash Fiction)
A Day in the Life of a Chili (Free Flash Fiction)
Secrets of a Marriage #LongTermCoupleGoals (Free Flash Fiction)
Grief-stricken (Free Flash Fiction)
She and Him (Free Flash Fiction)
Variety is the Spice of Life – The Lark Magazine
The Ella and Emma Chronicles —Relationship Advice
The Ella and Emma Chronicles — Hustling (The Lark Magazine)
The Bargaining Powers of Love (The Lark Magazine)
The Teenage Fashionista – when Rhea schooled her mom on how fashion works (The Lark Magazine)
The Geek – (The Lark Magazine)
Conversations With Uncle Carl: Marriage Equality (The Lark Magazine)
Humor/Satire
Daily Itinerary of Mark Who Shows How Hard it is to Pretend to Work Hard – The Belladonna Comedy
LISTENING IN ON ONE-SIDED CONVERSATIONS THAT CELEBRITY PR AGENTS HAVE WITH CELEBRITY JOURNALISTS ON TOPICS THEIR CLIENTS WILL NOT TALK ABOUT – A Thin Slice of Anxiety
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION OFFICER EXPLAINS WHY MELANIA TRUMP DESERVES THE EINSTEIN GREEN CARD WHILE LEGIT PUBLISHED AUTHORS WITH DOCTORATES DO NOT – A Thin Slice of Anxiety
Grandpa’s Tips To Other Grandparents On How To Get Your Family’s Attention – Slackjaw
Savvy Auntie Tips For Raising A Teenager – Frazzled
AN ODE TO MEN LIKE JASON WHO ARE ‘MORE FEMINIST THAN WOMEN THEMSELVES’ – A Thin Slice of Anxiety
WE ALL CAN BE BOTH – A Thin Slice of Anxiety
5 Reasons Why I Love Van Life For The Very Reasons Everyone Else Hates It – Greener Pastures Magazine
Entitled Teenager Explains How To Handle Whiny Moms – The Haven
List: Life Lessons To learn From Watching Over 300+ Hours Of Grey’s Anatomy
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Students – on The Writers’ Blokke
Fiction
Tales From a Marriage Series
Kitaab
Eksentrika
Women’s Web
Tales From A Marriage: When Is It Time To Say – Enough Is Enough?
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Creative Non-Fiction (Grief)
Kitaab
Living With Grief – Going From IS to WAS by Roopa Swaminathan
Eksentrika
6 Heartbreaking Outcomes of Grief that Nobody Prepares you For.
These 10 Quotes on Grief Wrecked me & then put me Back Together.
Don’t Wait for Tomorrow—Why we should Start Documenting our Loved Ones’ Lives Today.
Remembering these 2 truths Helped me Navigate Grief.
Living with Grief: 12 Things to Expect After a Loss
The One Question we Should never Ask someone who’s Grieving
Essays / Opinion
Elephant Journal
Life & Time wait for No One: 5 Things I was Crazy about a Decade Ago that I No Longer Use.
A 6-Word Phrase that Annoys the F*ck Out of Me when all I’m Looking for is Support.
Routines vs Rituals—& why we Need Both to Live a Peaceful Life.
9 (More) Quotes that showed me I can Be Alone, Feel Lonely & Still Be Okay.
Navigating Two Lives: How I Found Myself somewhere between Individual Culture & Collective Culture.
Surrogacy: A Godsend to women or Taking the easy way out?
Doing Wellness Right: How I Grade myself on the 6 Pillars of Personal Well-Being.
Yes, I can be Vapid & Frivolous. No, I won’t Apologize for It.
11 Gut-Wrenching Quotes that are teaching me How to Forgive.
When Nostalgia Strikes: Why I (sometimes) Miss the Lost Art of Letter Writing.
3 (More) Types of Courage that can help us Master whatever Sh*t Life throws our Way.
3 Types of Courage that can help us Master whatever Sh*t Life throws our Way.|
“It’s Not Me. It’s You.”—the Surprising Emotion I felt after Breaking Up with a Once Close Friend.
10 Quotes that showed me I can Be Alone, Feel Lonely & Still Be Okay.
Why the Best Gift we can give is a Heartfelt Compliment—& 10 Unique Ones to Share.
We’re Never “Too Old to Change”—We just have to Want it Bad Enough.
Stopping to Smell the Roses: What Finally convinced me to Start Living in the Moment.
15 Life-Changing Quotes that helped me Understand (& Check) my Own Privilege.
Orange may be the New Black. But is Chelsea Handler the New…Kindness?
15 Quotes that Inspired me to Stop being a Jerk & Start being more Kind.
Why we Shouldn’t Take the High Road or the Low Road but should always Take the Smart Road.
10 Life-Changing Quotes that taught me to Be Still, Be Happy & Own my Place in the World.
Why I hate Jeff Bezos & the Waltons but still shop at Amazon & Walmart.
How becoming Emotionally Independent gave me permission to Live a Bold, Brave Life.
Don’t Wait for Tomorrow—Why we should Start Documenting our Loved Ones’ Lives Today.
Can we (& should we) Forgive the Other Woman?
Why it’s Okay to be Strong AF & still want to be Taken Care of (at least Sometimes).
Why Women need to Fight to Hold on to Women-Centric Professions.
Is Sisterhood only about Supporting Women or should it Call Women Out as Well?
Why I won’t Tolerate Society’s BS Double Standard toward Single Women Anymore.
We Don’t have to Forgive or Forget to Move the F*ck On.
Ghosting: Lack of Courtesy or a Gen Z Thing?
Why we Need to Stop Shaming Older Moms (Seriously).
I’m no Longer a Black & White or a Shades of Grey Person (& I’m Not Sorry About It).
Remembering these 2 truths Helped me Navigate Grief.
The Real, Heartbreaking Reason why I can Never be a Volunteer.
I Never want to Retire, but I want to be Financially Secure.
Why Using the word F*ck is Cathartic (& Good for You).
The Love of my Life isn’t my Soul Mate—& I’m A-OK with That.|
Friendship Ghosting is Real (& Yes, Women still Dump their Girlfriends—for a Dude)
The Insidious Nature of Racism can Turn even a Good Person Bad
Choosing to live here was the Best Decision of my Life!
Ladies, Before you Travel Solo, ask yourself this One Important Question.
Let’s Talk about Age-Inappropriate Relationships & the Casual Misogyny of it All.
Bad Boys: Why we Fall for them (& why “I can change him” Never Works).
12 almost Painless Steps to getting a Successful Travel Visa
Women’s Web
Ask Yourself These Really Tough Questions Before You Decide To Start Travelling Solo!
Why Rajkummar Rao Marrying Patralekha Made Me Sigh In Relief
Why Is Newly-Married Malala Yousafzai Facing Trolling & Extreme Opinions Instead of Good Wishes?
16 Invaluable Safety Tips For The Solo Woman Traveler In India That Could Save Your Life
5 Steps I Took To Stop My Own Discriminatory Behaviour!
Bollywood Is Realising That Hounding Out Older Leading Ladies Is Bad Business
Planning A Foreign Trip? Here Are 12 Easy Tips To Get A Successful Visa!
What’s The Male Equivalent Of Slut And Why It Matters
Simone Biles Pulling Out Of The Olympics – Sensible, Brave Choice Or Not?!
How Pa Ranjith Transformed A Boxing Saga From The 1970s Into A Modern Day Tour-de-force