Hello,

I’m Rega. I live in Chennai. I am, despite occasional halfhearted attempts to escape this fate, a writer.

In my joyous decade-long media career, I’ve produced thousands—no, really, thousands—of pieces of writing in various formats, which live scattered around the web. These include lists, explainer videos, reportage, regrettable Twitter rants, memes, a children’s book and, most prominently, many, many essays. The best of this work is listed lower down on this page.

At present I’m writing a weekly newsletter of essays and interviews, named Here/Now Studies.

I have, aside from writing, worked as the founder and editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed India, as a research associate for the non-profit The Banyan, and as a readership growth strategist for a handful of Indian media startups. I was also, briefly and unintentionally, something like an influencer. I came to my senses quickly, and now send my pout-pose selfies directly to my mother, partner, and 5 best friends, each of whom’s approval outweighs a hundred thousand strangers’.

I’ve studied non-fiction writing & literature at Columbia and South Asian politics at Oxford.

To offer me writing work, or send praise (highly recommended), you can find me at regajha@gmail.com. To keep up with updates on my work, find me on Twitter and Instagram. Criticism, meanwhile, should be whispered into a freshly bloomed bougainvillea bract on a full moon night. It’ll reach me. I swear.

Thank you for being here,
Rega