As a cisgender person, I also know that representation of people with other gender identities is rare. As a writer, it is one of my responsibilities, I believe, to depict a diverse group of people and make them feel visible, something that a lot of us did not have at a younger age.
By Saachi Gupta Nov 12 2019 |
It's been on my mind
For a month or two now
I'm not any different from who I used to be,
Just one secret down.
By Saachi Gupta Oct 21 2019 |
They'd been talking for over a month, and there seemed to be a spark– a completely non-sexual one– since the very beginning.
By Saachi Gupta Oct 1 2019 |
If I could have anything that made me feel more independent, it would be making queerness a part of casual discussion. I wish it wasn’t such an enormous deal. People are gay. Everyone knows it.
By Saachi Gupta Aug 15 2019 |
Shyam and Bunty
Sucking on ripe mangoes,
Skipping school
And so, in the cool shade of the Gulmohar tree,
They bend and break their first ever rule.
By Saachi Gupta Jul 30 2019 |
In Denmark, especially Copenhagen, everyone is very open-minded. Everything is very accepted—you can be whoever you want to be.
By Saachi Gupta Jul 24 2019 |
'The Song of Achilles' is a book based on the mythology, and supposed relationship of Achilles, a half-god who was destined to be the best warrior of his generation, and Patroclus, an awkward, prince disliked by his father, who is exiled to live in Achilles' kingdom, along with several other exiled princes.
By Saachi Gupta Jul 17 2019 |
Given the sudden change in his circumstances, we—as Richard’s publishers, community of friends, and extended family of writers and readers who’ve come to love his work over the years—need to rally financial support to help him through the coming months.
By Saachi Gupta Jun 6 2019 |
And no one knows what happens
Behind closed doors
It's the only time I can hold your hand,
The one time that smiles aren't forced.
By Saachi Gupta May 22 2019 |
The thing that I liked the most about the book from the very beginning was how naturally it flows and how real the characters are.
By Saachi Gupta May 21 2019 |
One morning, as I sit on the floor in the corner of my room, stressed about something, I hear Troye’s music playing in the background. But this time, I don’t just hear it: I listen.
By Saachi Gupta Mar 12 2019 |
the boy next to him sighs, and buries his face in his shoulder. it is instantly warmer.
By Saachi Gupta Jan 15 2019 |
I remember feeling like I was choking, the nervousness and anxiety squeezing my stomach. I felt physically unable to move, but kept up a positive front.
By Saachi Gupta Dec 5 2018 |
Two weeks after coming out to his family, he came out to his friends, and that didn't go half as well: they stopped spending time with him and told everyone in the school that he was gay.
By Saachi Gupta Nov 13 2018 |
As we grow up, from childhood to adulthood, we have several phases– just because one phase is over, does not mean it didn't exist.
By Saachi Gupta Sep 27 2018 |
I whirled around to see Aaliya standing at the door, her long hair tied into a messy bun. She was holding a pile of books.
By Saachi Gupta Jul 3 2018 |
To put rest to this curiosity, I decided to ask a few friends from the USA how life is different; being queer and ethnically different in a home away from home.
By Saachi Gupta Jun 18 2018 |
The worst of it all came when someone told me bisexual erasure is fake
By Saachi Gupta May 21 2018 |
Love, to me, is being comfortable with another person and not having to be someone else.
By Saachi Gupta Apr 10 2018 |
I feel stuck in my skin
This isn't who I am,
And will they ever believe that I'm a woman?
If I'm born a man.
By Saachi Gupta Feb 20 2018 |
