Neha Mediratta Chaudhuri is an independent writer, editor and consultant based in Mumbai though she enjoys gallivanting around the globe virtually and in real life. She has a postgraduate degree in English Literature, has widely studied Eastern Philosophy, Ancient Indian Martial Arts and Creative Writing. A combination of ancient oral, hands-on teaching, contemporary academic and Indian non-formal teaching methods have gone into making her a pursuer of the writing arts. Managing home, hearth, and work, she writes about things she has mulled over for more than two decades.
She was chosen from among thousands of applicants to be part of the World Poetry Project 2025. Her poems were subsequently published in Across Latitude & Language, a global anthology showcasing the works of all participants of WPP 2025.
She self-publishes via her Amazon author page. Her publications are listed below:Fiction:
• Body Count – Award-winning short story, India Science Festival 2024
• The Warrior Defying Space and Time – Published in Short Fiction Break
Articles:
• Are You Giving Yourself a Chance? – On self-kindness in creative work
• Cutting Through Disconnection – Exploring our relationship with nature and science
Poetry (Narrow Road Literary Journal):
• Martial Love (Vol. 10, April 2020)
• what the old man left behind (Vol. 2, August 2017)