Anita Roy
writer | editor
I am a writer, editor, publisher, storyteller and performer.
Being a bit of a mongrel, a mudblood, a half-and-half, mixed race, betwixt-and-between sort of gal has shaped my outlook, my humour and my writing as much as my skin colour.
On this site you can find over 100 of my published articles – and links to the some of the books that I've either edited or contributed to. Hope you enjoy reading them; let me know what you think.Recently published
- Asma Khan on the Darjeeling Express
20 April 2019Asma Khan and her team (photo credit: The Independent) The gaajar ka halwa came in a tiny orange dome, grooved… [more]
On the Shelf #58: Weasels, Eagles and Wonder
9 April 2019Solar eclipses are not that unusual: we get about 2 or 3 a year somewhere on earth. In August 2017,… [more]
- On the Shelf #58 – Going for a walk…
8 March 2019Walking is such a simple thing – hardly worth writing home about. Yet one step for Man was a great… [more]
- India Club – Down memory lane
7 March 2019Walk along the Strand and just past Waterloo Bridge, before you get to Somerset House, you might just see a… [more]
- On the Shelf #57 – Wassail!
29 January 2019In the dark depths of winter, here in England’s southwesterly corner, when the Christmas trees have been taken down, and… [more]
Featured articles
On the Shelf #2 – Geoff Dyer
4 March 2014The Self-Hinder Author. Finding inspiration in the most unlikely places and people... … [more]
Funny Things are Everywhere…
7 November 2005“From there to here From here to there Funny things are everywhere.” Never a truer word was spoke. And who… [more]
Homestay is Where the Heart Is
1 April 2011A trip to the remote town of Munsiari in Uttarakhand, high in the Himalayas… [more]
Summertime – and the living is…Delhi
28 April 2009Summer is here with talons bared and sharp teeth. It’s ironic that here I am writing a column called ‘living… [more]
