Kamakshi Lekshmanan holds MA Wild Writing from the University of Essex, UK. Memories became Paper Boats and Puliinji (her debut memoir) . Her photo essays and poetry can be found in Zoo, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, The Alluvian, The Wild Roof Journal, Thebloom.news, The Hopper Magazine, Botany of Gaia – A nature inspired anthology, The Winged Moon Literary Magazine, Writerly Magazine, and The Closed Eye Open. You can find her on Instagram: @khaga_photography.