Aishwarya writes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, and experiments with hybrid forms.
Her writing is strongly influenced by her feminism. Her non-fiction articles critique gender roles and societal norms. Her fiction and poetry stem from personal experiences and explore the themes of identity, belonging, love, mental health, and the body.
Consumption
Poetry | Re-side Zine | February 2021
In Memoriam
Creative nonfiction | Idle Ink | January 2021
Inverted Green Heart
Poetry | The Sock Drawer | December 2020
Badaam Saat
Poetry | The Sock Drawer | December 2020
Musical Timelines
Poetry | The Sock Drawer | December 2020
Slow Dance
Poetry | Muse India | November 2020
slumber
Poetry | Muse India | November 2020
I’m trapped in a tower but I’m not alone
Poetry | Muse India | November 2020
Day 2: The Roadtrip
Poetry | Muse India | November 2020
December 2019/ Pink Hibiscus Tea
Poetry | Mixed Mag | October 2020
Bombay Chai Fog
Poetry | Fahmidan Journal | September 2020
Terrible
Poetry | Ayaskala Magazine | August 2020
Deconstructed
Poetry | Analogies and Allegories Magazine | August 2020
Name
Poetry | Rigorous Magazine | July 2020
Not Like Them
Poetry | Rigorous Magazine | July 2020
bodyscape
Poetry | Dust Poetry Magazine | June 2020
the ache
Poetry | Chambers, Ghost Heart Literary Magazine | July 2020
I say I dream about the future but I dream about the past
Prose Poetry | perhappened mag | June 2020
Vagina Dentata
Poetry | Seiren Quarterly | June 2020
Butterflies
Poetry | dreams walking magazine | May 2020
Homecoming
Poetry | dreams walking magazine | May 2020
Published Before 2020
POETRY
When I Wake Up (reprint)
Wingword Poetry Prize 2018 , July 2019
What silence sounds like
Poetica 2, October 2019
Your lips taste like wine
ang(st) zine, April 2019
Unfamiliar
Courageous, Brave Voices Magazine, January 2019
When I wake up
Ink and Nebula, Spring 2018
Looking in a Mirror
armarolla, Summer 2018
SHORT FICTION
Second Encounters
The Incubator, 2019
People Ruin Beautiful Things
Constellate Literary Magazine, 2018
NON-FICTION
Feminist research articles and opinion pieces
Feminism in India, 2017 – 2018
Use of Puppetry in Children’s Programming at Doordarshan
Sahapedia, 2018
Aishwarya Javalgekar 