Essays & Stories
What I write about
For more than twenty years I have written nearly every night, in two languages. Most of that work hasn’t been seen yet. What appears here — essays, stories, letters — comes from the same desk.
Work & its absurdities
Offices, gig apps, ambition, dignity — the comedy and cost of how we earn a living. Where Coinman began.
Machines & being human
Living and writing alongside AI — as a writer, a parent, and a friendly skeptic.
India, remembered
History, small towns, the people who keep the records — and the Hindi literary tradition I write inside.
Language & minds
Why we lie, trust, swear, and believe — curiosity essays about the strangeness of being a person.
The bilingual desk
Craft notes, and what changes when a story moves between Hindi and English.
Latest papers
From The Mishra Papers — filed every two weeks.