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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 new travelogue 'Handle With Care', and a columnist and playwright. Her Twitter and Insta handle is @shreyasenhan.
    Book Review | Strong Characterisation Redeems English WinterBooks
    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 12:41 AM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Can A Storm Herald The Good Winds Of Change?Columnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Can A Storm Herald The Good Winds Of Change?

    Britain, after all, is painfully conservative with monikers. Royal names are particular favourites, with ‘George’...

    27 Sept 2025 11:20 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Why Celebrate B’days Well Into Our DotageColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Why Celebrate B’days Well Into Our Dotage

    In the case of my eldest child who pooped panic-green Meconium on his way out, when my body started fighting the alien...

    30 Aug 2025 8:22 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | The Other Side Of Breaks: Fun, Frenetic, FrustratingColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | The Other Side Of Breaks: Fun, Frenetic,...

    Amidst all this, there’s never a good time to unwind and reset, but don’t we ALL need a break? WH Davies said it best,...

    26 July 2025 10:37 PM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | What It Actually Means To Be OldColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | What It Actually Means To Be Old

    I never pursued money, though a few pennies in my empty pockets wouldn’t have gone amiss. What I wanted was to be the...

    22 Jun 2025 9:54 AM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | May the force be with youColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | May the force be with you

    The greening of the trees is complete, flowers of every hue are blooming, the skies are so often azure you forget their...

    18 May 2025 12:52 AM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | A Parent’s Work Is Never DoneColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | A Parent’s Work Is Never Done

    They were, after all, an intrinsic part of me, and after two harrowing deliveries, they remained mentally and physically...

    20 April 2025 12:37 AM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley | Clothes maketh the man proscriptive and pompousColumnists
    Shreya Sen-Handley | Clothes maketh the man proscriptive and pompous

    Let’s also be clear that I have no gender-restrictive problems with men in makeup, but a) not if they’re then hectoring...

    15 March 2025 11:54 PM IST

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