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My name is Chandni Sehgal. I’m a freelance journalist based in Mumbai and I write on travel, beauty and wellness, design, culture and more. I have been a journalist for over 13 years and I specialise in profiles, social commentary and health and wellness stories (and offering unsolicited advice).
Along with freelance writing, I am open to creative projects across platforms, ghost writing books, co-authoring and editing. Things I like include books, food and dogs. Things I dislike include introducing myself – verbally, and in writing, so that’s it for now.
Scroll down to read a selection of my work!
Click here to read my awkward in-depth description of my career and myself.
Featured Work
The 7 eternal commandments for female friendships
The 7 eternal commandments for female friendships
Chudails are people too
Investigating Indian supernatural creatures
Life lessons from Indian supernaturals
We take a deep dive into their origin stories
Reader’s Digest, the good news guru that every Indian household worshipped
A walk down memory lane
I celebrate my female friends in public, and you should too
An ode to my girlfriends
What arranged marriage did to my parents (and me)
A real-life account
Why do compliments make us so uncomfortable?
A deep dive into why it’s so hard for us to just smile and say thank you
Thinking about having sex but not sure where to start?
A lawyer, psychiatrist and gynaecologist cover all the bases
How to say no without feeling like a bad person
You can do it
How to be assertive at work
…without triggering your anxiety
I thought I was losing my mind. Turns out, it was IBS
Exploring the mind-gut connection - plus, a doctor weighs in
Three people on the lessons they learn from divorce
Three people share what they learnt from their failed marriages, and a divorce lawyer weighs in
Anxiety, and walking the line between self-loathing and self-love
A deeply person account of living with anxiety
What is impostor phenomenon?
Do you have what everyone thinks they have?
Calling all Size M Indian women, your time has come
Designer Deepshikha Khanna on her line for Good Earth — a clothing vertical called FLOW
11 contemporary Indian jewellery labels
… easy on the eyes and the wallet
All you need to know about freezing your eggs
Gynaecologist and IVF expert Dr Firuza Parikh on the right time to get baking
8 feel-good books
Cheer yourself up
14 comfort reads offering soul-ace in dark times
For this list, we’ve included everything from classics, in-betweens and new finds, most of which guarantee the happy ending that real life does not.
12 indie fashion labels that deserve your love and support
For homegrown textiles, techniques and flair
When I Grow Up, I want to be & When I Grow Up I want to be 2
I was contributing writer on two books for children published by Indian publisher Juggernaut. The first book, features heroes like Shafali Verma, the girl wonder cricketer who broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record and Afroz Shah, who led the world’s largest beach Clean-up in Mumbai, and more. Its sequel features many more including wildlife activist, Supraja Dharini, who has helped over 18 lakh baby turtles return safely to the wild and Rocket Woman of India, Ritu Karidhal.