Babli Yadav is a Bangalore-based features writer slowly finding her footing as an essayist. Effortlessly drawn to nature, its poetic simplicity and layered complexity, her work tilts towards feelings over facts, intuition over intellect. Perpetually curious, she thinks in visuals as much as verbs. To read her, visit Hakara, On Eating, The Chakkar, The National, Mongabay, Mint Lounge, Deccan Herald, The Blood Project, Indigenous, The Federal and Press Insider. First short fiction - A Song of Silence - homed in Caesurae MANA Issue, July 2023.