Nandini Sen Mehra is the author of Whorls Within, her debut book of poetry, foreworded by the inimitable Gulzar. She is the winner of the Reuel International Poetry Prize, 2020, for Best Upcoming Poet. Born in Kolkata, she lived in many cities across India before moving to Chicago, then on to Melbourne, and finally Singapore, where she currently resides. She works in communications, is a busy mother to two young children and finds poetry both her sustenance and her refuge. Nandini writes almost every day on a range of subjects that interest her, from the personal to the political and everything in between. She can be found on www.instagram.com/nandinisenmehra. Whorls Within is available in paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon.