Sanchalika Das is a writer from Uttarakhand. She is an alumna of Delhi University. She likes to dabble with the themes of family, loss, identity, and struggles regarding them. Her work has previously been published in Kitaab Magazine, Monograph Magazine, and Mean Pepper Vine. She currently lives in Banaras and is pursuing her Master's from Banaras Hindu University. You can find her on Instagram: @sanchalikaa_.
Fiction by Sanchalika Das: ‘I thought to myself that the god in heaven is just a child playing with clay, throwing it around with disregard and then picking it up with the intention of throwing it again with utter delight. The clay loses and gains in this process.’