Shrayana Bhattacharya is the author of the bestselling Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India’s Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence. Shrayana’s work maps the economic and personal trajectories of Indian women – divided by class but united in their search for independence and intimacy, and reclaiming their desire. She has won several prizes for best non-fiction book including the Times of India AutHer Prize (2022), SKOCH Economic Forum Prize for Literature, and the Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Award (2022). She was also shortlisted for the Sahitya Akademi Award for English Writing (2023). Her writing has appeared in the Indian Express, MintLounge, EPW, Indian Quarterly and The Caravan.