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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.

Breaking societal taboos, shedding light on the therapeutic benefits of emotional expression through tears, fostering empathy and mental well-being.

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | Keep calm and carry on crying

Crying gets a bad rap, doesn't it?

3 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

The five actresses are nominated in the Best supporting Actress category for the 96th Academy Awards to be held on March 10, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | Pass the popcorn, it's awards night!

Despite the tinsel and talk, awards provide reliable recommendations for spectacular movies, highlighting the artistry...

27 Jan 2024 11:45 PM IST

Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma. (Image by Arrangement)

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | Confessions of an armchair cricketer

Cricket also played a part in my decision to settle in Britain.

26 Nov 2023 12:17 AM IST

Finding Peace in Chaos: Embracing Personalized Self-Care. (Image: Freepik)

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | Merits of self-care during a bad year'

We'd still need doctors though, and shrinks, and most of all, arts practitioners.

8 Oct 2023 12:03 AM IST

Kolkata continues to adore food; evident in the mushrooming of cafes and bistros at every corner, and a desirable development for a change. (Image by arrangement)

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | Banquets and brickbats for crumbling Kolkata

That feeling of homecoming hasn't diminished any over the years.

24 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Indian Spiderman. (Photo by arrangement)

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | South Asian marvels, but can they last?

In cinema outside the subcontinent, however, South Asian representation is negligible at best.

20 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

The author, in the company of her ginger-haired husband at the Birmingham concert of her favourite singer, wearing the T-shirt for it. (Photo by arrangement)

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | Been there, done that, got The T-shirt

Will everything in my future be a version of something that's already happened?

16 July 2023 12:30 AM IST

Talking of cultural differences in sleeping, Indian families can snooze very differently to their Western counterparts. (Photo by arrangement)

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | Who's been sleeping in my bed?

The size of our beds has grown over the ages, and that's as much about evolution as it is about socioeconomics.

18 Jun 2023 12:31 AM IST

Our response to voices is reverberatingly complicated. There is, for example, this deeply unfair perception that lighter voices belong to intellectual lightweights. Photo by arrangement.

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | Speaking in tongues: The gift of accents

English spoken in any accent other than their own can have the British flummoxed, or worse scrambling to correct your...

21 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

To some, including author James Baldwin, home doesnt require external trapping.

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | What does home mean to you?

Think about what you'd rescue in a residential fire and you'll know what home is

23 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Jetsetting is no longer fashionable. Why not fly less to save the planet? (Photo By Arrangement)

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | Jetsetting glitzy no more, try the 'flycott'

Far from the glamorous mode of transportation it once was, not even catering for basic human needs, air travel is now...

19 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

A winter night sky from the writers window. (Photo by arrangement)

Opinion

Shreya Sen-Handley | Don't lose sight of starry, starry nights

After all, can anything be more arresting than the night sky?

5 Feb 2023 12:56 AM IST