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About the AuthorShreya Sen-Handley
Shreya Sen-Handley is the author of the award-winning Memoirs of My Body, short story collection Strange and travelogue Handle With Care. Her Twitter and Insta handle is @shreyasenhan.
    Of Artifice, Artificial Imbecility & Midlife JoyColumnists
    Of Artifice, Artificial Imbecility & Midlife Joy

    It claimed my parents were Amartya and Suchitra Sen! Which only amused me till a second go on Google produced a...

    12 Sept 2026 8:39 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Battle Won, Who Might The Roaches Bite Next?Columnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Battle Won, Who Might The Roaches Bite Next?

    If a part of my childhood was spent in the mosquito-infested gullies of Kolkata, however, the other half was in...

    16 Aug 2026 12:48 AM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Living Memorials: Love Out Loud, NowColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Living Memorials: Love Out Loud, Now

    Leaving my children behind in England, in the throes of their life-defining board exams, I flew to Kolkata to assist...

    25 July 2026 9:22 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Complaints: Carping Or Crusading For A Cause?Columnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Complaints: Carping Or Crusading For A Cause?

    When organisations take customers for granted, it makes every sense to shoot off a complaint for the sake of health and...

    21 Jun 2026 12:16 AM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | How To Survive A Stressful SummerColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | How To Survive A Stressful Summer

    How to manage those testing times when your precious one takes that crucial school-leaving exam or a career-defining...

    10 May 2026 12:53 AM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Stir The Blood, But For Peace And LoveColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Stir The Blood, But For Peace And Love

    I don’t know how many medics there are in the world who are sickened by the sight of the stuff, but in the Dominic...

    11 April 2026 9:30 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Dream time... What If They Come True?Columnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Dream time... What If They Come True?

    These eccentric nighttime visitations then certainly merit their own name. Yet, what should we call these visions that...

    28 March 2026 10:59 PM IST

    Book Review | Strong Characterisation Redeems English WinterBooks and Art
    Book Review | Strong Characterisation Redeems English Winter

    It does, however, along the way, get you invested in a few of its characters, an art that appears largely forgotten in...

    14 Feb 2026 11:39 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Tricks To Make Those New Year Vows StickColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Tricks To Make Those New Year Vows Stick

    How deep into January did your nuts-only-lunch/barefoot-hikes/grinning-till-your-cheeks-smart last? It’s merely human to...

    24 Jan 2026 10:40 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Six Reasons Why 2025 Wasn’t A Total DisasterColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Six Reasons Why 2025 Wasn’t A Total Disaster

    But 2026, by its very name, deserves at least six bequests of hope from 2025, to give it something to build on. The six...

    28 Dec 2025 1:22 AM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | No Time Like Now To Relish Your DiversityColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | No Time Like Now To Relish Your Diversity

    Celebrating Diwali late this year because of school exams, we joyfully carried home sheesh kebabs, samosas, jalebis,...

    22 Nov 2025 10:56 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Ditch That Smartphone, Get Out, Get A W/LifeColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Ditch That Smartphone, Get Out, Get A W/Life

    It was unfortunate, therefore, that on the one night recently that some couples-time was scrounged, the only cinema show...

    26 Oct 2025 12:42 AM IST

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