Hi/Namaste/Kem cho

Not Indian entirely. Not American entirely. Not Fresh Off the Boat. Not American Born Confused Desi. Figuring it out as I write. Join me,
it will be fun.

Parul is a former advertising copywriter and current Nancy Craig Blackburn Fellow and MFA candidate at Randolph College. She has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize, The Best of the Net, and she is a Reedsy Short Story Contest winner. Her work playfully explores the magic and the tragic of Indian American experience with humor and heart.

Parul holds degrees in Advertising and Psychology. She made penance for working in advertising by operating a childcare center for twelve years so yes, she has stories.

Publications

Shameless

Winner of Reedsy Short Story Contest and featured in Prompted03 Annual. A coming of age story in which an Indian American girl comically takes one for the team.

Inheritance

Nominated for Pushcart Prize. The mango doesn’t fall far from the tree, so I learned in this essay.

Smells Like Home

Nominated for The Best of the Net. When my parents put their home for sale, things got spicy.

Pilgrims

Poem inspired by my family’s trip to Italy when we failed the piety test.

Same Girl, Same

When even us Desis became supermodels, it kinda hurt.