Publications and Other Works

(for a copy of my resume, click here)

I write for My Entertainment World (click here for more information)! WHAT IS DEAD MAY NEVER DIE. Take a gander at my article series on HBO’s excellent Asian-American crime drama, “The Night Of,” or Netflix’s hit series, “Luke Cage.”

Check out my contribution to the food blog at DishKhoj!

I also have written a few articles on LinkedIn. Read them here!

Writing:

-2020: “Eating Steel” (poetry), published by S’Mac restaurant in NYC. Thanks, Sarita!

-2019: “Returning to Hellboy” (nonfiction) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2019: “Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the Pure Inspiration that is Miles Morales” (nonfication) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2018: “things we like ft. Vyasar Ganesan” (feature) in fields magazine. Read it here!

-2018: “Why I Must Make my Rotis Perfectly Round” (nonfiction) in The Teal Mango. Read it here!

-2018: “A Story on Fried Treats and Closeness” (nonfiction) in The Teal Mango. Read it here!

-2018: “4 Rules for Buying an Indian Cookbook” (nonfiction) in The Teal Mango. Read it here!

-2018: “ATX Interview: Roku’s Abby Reyes” (interview) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2018: “Thievery: A Story About Stealing Food, Recipes, and Anything Else not Nailed Down” (nonfiction) in The Teal Mango. Read it here!

-2018: “Black Panther is Deathless” (nonfiction) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2018: “The Padmaavat Controversy and What it Says About You” (nonfiction) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2017: “VMG” (nonfiction) in I Come From the World. Winner of the inaugural $500 Literature Prize.  Read it here!

-2017: “The Punisher” (nonfiction) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2017: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2: The Family Trope” (nonfiction) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2017: “Get Up, Stand Up, Don’t Forget Get Out” (nonfiction) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2016: “The Unbearable Whiteness of Blonde” (nonfiction) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2016: “Game of Thrones and the Changing Face of Fantasy” (nonfiction) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2015: “Kings and Sons” (nonfiction) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2015: “The Guyanese Actor” (nonfiction) in My Entertainment World (Canada). Read it here!

-2015: “I Wanted to Say Something” (nonfiction) (paraphrased by Michael Kilcoyne) in Mike Kilcoyne, Champion of Breakfasts. Read it here!

-2015: “Cooking with my Father” (nonfiction) in Issue 6 of Print-Oriented Bastards. Read it here!

-2014: “On Persimmons” (nonfiction) in the Eat Genius series of Everyday Genius. Read it here!

-2012: “India in Food and Elsewhere” (nonfiction) in Agave Magazine’s Inaugural Issue. Read it here!

-2010: “An Interrogation of a Free Man” (fiction) in Conceit Magazine’s August Issue

-2010: “Can’t Get Enough” (fiction) in Conceit Magazine’s September Issue

-2010: “The Penniless War” (nonfiction) in Conceit Magazine’s October Issue

-2009: “Paint Stains in the Sun” (fiction) in Long Story Short’s October Issue. Read it here!

-2009: “Excess Baggage” (fiction) in Long Story Short’s October Issue. Read it here!

-2009: “The Human Condition” (fiction) in Allegheny College’s Year of Health Compendium

Transmedia Work:

-2013: My Sky Is Falling (the official website) (the ifp writeup) (the diydays writeup)

Music/Audio:

-2020: Podcast with Big Brown Army. Click here!

-2009-2011: Drummer and Founding Member of Gnome Hut (folk metal)

You can listen to our songs on Soundcloud. Click here!

TV & Film:

-2020: Talent for the docuseries “Indian Matchmaking” (Netflix)

-2015: Film Producer for the Food Truck Triathlon

-2012: Featured in “Glowing Puppets Hit the Harlem Streets” by Carmel DeAmicis. Watch the video here.

-2011: “Derek Minus Derek: A Derekmentary” (made for Allegheny College’s 48Hr Film Fest)