Ritika Bali is a writer from Lucknow, India. Her short stories have been published in Bengaluru Review and Kitaab. Her favourite stories to read (and write) are those that echo her admiration for narratives with intricacies of human emotions and characters with deep sensitivities. Themes of happiness, longing, memory, beginnings and endings fascinate her. She has a bachelor’s in English Literature from the Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi.