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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.
    The author in her garden, showing off her purple streaks.Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | The wonder years start at 50

    But if growing up is getting to fifty then it isn’t miles away, and with my two left feet, dancing’s not on my...

    27 Jun 2021 12:02 AM IST

    On solo commutes, we should cycle everywhere we can, switching to green public transport where cycling might be hazardous, with the occasional use of an electric car when transporting the whole clan. (By arrangement)Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Back to the future', with a ticket to ride

    This pandemic has opened my eyes to what's essential in my life; that which provides long-term joy over short-lived...

    30 May 2021 7:41 AM IST

    Weve all been here before; reassured by our leaders that theyll take firm steps to protect women, we watch history repeating as they blithely fail. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Connecting the Dots

    After rampaging diseases, our single biggest problem is male violence

    28 March 2021 4:20 AM IST

    Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Bedroom in Arles, 1888Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Ode to sleep, and sleepless spirits

    Lack of sleep not only fuels fatigue, however, and bodily dissonance, it could also introduce a psychological kink

    28 Feb 2021 4:41 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (AFP)Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Trump, and the art of leaving

    But was it also Trump’s bid to trash Washington and American democracy, if he could no longer preside over it

    24 Jan 2021 7:29 AM IST

    Young neurodivergents, like you, are the real X-Men (representational image)Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | 2020, the year I learn I am neurodivergent

    Mutants with a mission to change the world for the better, you are superheroes, not villains

    27 Dec 2020 6:46 AM IST

    Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar City, was reeling under winter chill and witnessed the seasons first snowfall earlier this month. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Winter upon us, so’s the season of scapegoating

    Winter is nearly here, and will be a long litany of horrors, unless we act to prevent them.

    1 Nov 2020 4:48 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | A Kolkata ‘Kumroween’ & other COVID sacrificesOpinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | A Kolkata ‘Kumroween’ & other COVID...

    There can be no Kumroween this year. No festivities of any sort for us in Kolkata

    4 Oct 2020 6:23 PM IST

    Yet, for many of us the pandemic rules of engagement are no more baffling than those we had to contend with before, such as the etiquette around kissing, aka. KissiquetteOpinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | The pandemic kissiquette

    Since kissing from two metres away is a physical impossibility, this rule isn’t hard to maintain except for...

    29 Aug 2020 8:01 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Is nationality fluid, are borders futile?Opinion
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Is nationality fluid, are borders futile?

    What are borders but human constructs, appealing to our basest instincts — cruelty and greed?

    6 July 2020 7:05 PM IST

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    Shreya Sen-Handley | Ghosts of pandemics present and past

    Lockdown hasn’t brought any more ghosting into my life than I was already subjected to as a freelance writer

    6 Jun 2020 11:59 PM IST

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    Shreya Sen-Handley: Smells like a cleanse'! Is it the virus or the...

    The coronavirus has claimed 27,583 lives in Britain and killed 2.38 lakhs worldwide

    3 May 2020 4:40 PM IST

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