Dr Anakshi Pal completed her PhD from the Department of Sociology, South Asian University [A University Established by SAARC Nations], New Delhi in 2023. Her doctoral research is situated at the intersections of death and dying, emotions and everyday life in South Asia. Prior to joining Centre for Writing and Pedagogy, Krea university, she worked with the Council for Social Development (CSD), New Delhi from December 2023 till June 2025, as Managing Editor for Social Change––the council’s journal, published by SAGE India––and as CSD’s Communication Advisor, where she occupied a pivotal role within the journal’s Editorial Team, especially. She has worked as Editorial Assistant (General Administration and Correspondence) for the journal Society and Culture in South Asia, co- published by the Department of Sociology (SAU) and SAGE, and as Editorial Assistant for the Report on the Status of Women in Media in South Asia (Volumes I and II) released in March 2020 as part of the UNESCO-SWAN project ‘Women for Change: Building a Gendered Media in South Asia’. She has also worked briefly as a Consultant with Child Rights and You (CRY) in 2023. Her academic writings in the form of book chapters in edited volumes have been published by Bloomsbury and Palgrave Macmillan. Her other writings, drawing from reflections on academic life and personal interactions, have featured in the digital publication platform LiveWire published by The Wire.