Supriya Rakesh is an author, researcher, and creative facilitator with a PhD from IIM, Bangalore. Her writing explores themes of identity, transition and belonging in contemporary urban India. Her short fiction is published in Kitaab, Setu Bilingual, Muse India; and forthcoming in a South-Asian anthology on gendered violence. She recently won the Bound Food essay contest for her piece ‘Mysore masala with extra cheese’. In her courses and workshops, Supriya uses story, theatre and art to enable reflexivity and dialogue.