selected writing
category: Dating & tech
From testing popular SEO strategies on their dating app profiles to finding ways to hack Hinge’s algorithm to using AI to dissect cryptic chats, many young swipers are gaming the system—and going viral for it.
PUBLISHED ON GQ
Dating apps are broken. Users are trying to find a fix themselves
category: culture & LIFESTYLE
the best raves are happening everywhere but the club
From kitchens and coffee shops to fashion stores and museums, this new wave of experiences is reinventing the rave.
PUBLISHED ON THE NOD MAG
category: fashion & culture
AN INTERVIEW WITH viral instagram bootleg designer imran potato, WHOSE DESIGNS HAVE CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF EVERYONE FROM TRAVIS SCOTT AND KYLIE JENNER TO BAD BUNNY AND BILLIE EILISH.
PUBLISHED ON VICE
category: fashion & culture
MEET Misha Japanwala, the Pakistani-origin artist who makes breastplates that double up as body armour.
PUBLISHED ON VICE
category: TECH & DATING
A DEEP DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF “ARTIFICIAL INTIMACY”, WHERE PEOPLE USE AI ROLEPLAYING APPS TO SIMULATE RELATIONSHIPS and SEXUAL FANTASIES.
PUBLISHED ON GQ
category: fashion & culture
From intimate music gigs to immersive art shows to regional food pop-ups to tattoo workshops, fashion brands are moving beyond their designs to stay ahead of the curve
Published on vogue
category: SUBCULTURES
A feature on india’s largest community of urban explorers who brave everything from drugs dealers to underground mafias to police threats to get into otherwise inaccessible areas.
published on vice
category: MUSIC & CULTURE
Using high-tempo frequencies to relax, electronic music producers and DJs are bringing wellness into the party circuit
PUBLISHED ON THE NOD MAG
category: TECH & WEDDINGS
From getting ChatGPT to plan your wedding itinerary to designing your moodboard on Midjourney, AI could just be the best man at your wedding.
PUBLISHED ON VOGUE
category: PHOTOGRAPHY & culture
FROM CABARET STRIPTEASES TO EXTREME INEQUALITIES, PHOTOGRAPHER MITCH EPSTEIN REVEALS SHADES OF INDIA THAT ARE RARELY SEEN
PUBLISHED ON VICE
category: SUBCULTURES
IN INDIA’S BURGEONING SNEAKER SCENE, THE MASSIVE HYPE AROUND THESE LIMITED EDITION SHOES HAS LED TO A STOCK MARKET-LIKE SITUATION THAT MAKES YOUNG COLLECTORS SUSCEPTIBLE TO SCAMS.
published on vice
From dystopian ruins to cosmic realms, meet the south asians designers are dressing us for a post-apocalyptic world.
PUBLISHED ON the nod mag
category: tech & culture
I accessed an online community where thousands were injecting themselves with microchip implants –which some even defined as a "sixth sense" —that they used to do everything from unlock doors to make online payments.
Published on vice
category: wellness & culture
Millennial and Gen Z brides are swapping naughty cakes and custom cocktails for IV drips and Ayurvedic massages.
published on the nod mag
category: dating & culture
intimacy counselor Aili Seghetti gets paid to go on fake dates to prepare people for real ones, helping them navigate toxic dating standards in a misogynistic country.
PUBLISHED ON VICE
category: fashion & subcultures
In India, where openly discussing kinky desires is still considered taboo, fetish fashion is opening up conversations around kinks.
PUBLISHED ON VICE
category: fashion & music
How Jain the Jeweler became the Indian hip-hop scene’s hidden gem
the red hot craftsman whose clients include Diljit Dosanjh, Karan Aujla, and Russ SITS DOWN FOR HIS FIRST-EVER INTERVIEW.
published on GQ
category: culture & music
In an era where we are micro-dosing our friendships through memes and reels, curated playlists have evolved into a unique tool of communication for Gen Z.
PUBLISHED ON VOGUE
GEN Z IS USING THEIR PLAYLISTS TO SAY WHAT THEIR TEXTS CAN’T
category: MUSIC
AN INTERVIEW WITH PUNJABI MUSIC’S FASTEST RISING STAR FOR ROLLING STONE INDIA’S FUTURE OF MUSIC 25, WHERE HE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS HUNGER FOR EXPERIMENTATION, FINDING THE RIGHT COLLABORATORS AND USING HIS FACE PAINT LIKE A PRIVACY SCREEN.
PUBLISHED ON ROLLING STONE
TALWIINDER’S METEORIC RISE IS ALL ABOUT THE SLOW BURN
category: MUSIC
RAGA IS MOVING BEYOND THE RAGE
AN INTERVIEW WITH DELHI-BASED RAPPER RAGA ON HOW HE WENT FROM BEING THE DESI HIP HOP SCENE’S HONORARY RAGEHEAD TO A MORE VULNERABLE, EMOTIONALLY AWARE ARTIST.
PUBLISHED ON ROLLING STONE
category: MUSIC
AKSHATH WON’T LET HIMSELF BECOME A ONE-HIT WONDER
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE RISING POP STAR ON THE REALITY OF OVER-VIRALITY FOR ROLLING STONE INDIA’S FUTURE OF MUSIC 25.
PUBLISHED ON ROLLING STONE
category: culture & ENTERTAINMENT
RISH SHAH WANTS TO BE MORE THAN A SEX SYMBOL
A PROFILE ON THE BREAKOUT STAR FROM THE HIT SHOW ‘OVERCOMPENSATING,’ WHO IS SCRIPTING A NEW CHAPTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN REPRESENTATION ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
PUBLISHED ON ROLLING STONE
category: music
Taaruk Raina Is Bringing Main Character Energy to His Music
AN INTERVIEW WITH ACTOR AND MUSICIAN TAARUK RAINA ON TURNING COMPLEX EMOTIONS INTO CATCHY MELODIES FOR ROLLING STONE FUTURE OF MUSIC 25.
PUBLISHED ON ROLLING STONE
baalti is making noise for all the right reasons
an interview with The DJ producer duo flipping South Asia’s hidden subcultures for rolling stone future of music 25.
PUBLISHED ON rolling stone