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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
Engaging in constructive conversations on social issues
…Without starting a fire, or drawing ire.
Naiyya Saggi on her journey as a mompreneur
An interview with the founder of Baby Chakra
11 non-fiction books to get you through tough times
Click here for the real-life stories that you can identify with, and learn from.
14 literary retellings to tweak your world view
These will stir you awake, like a splash of ice cold water on a hot summer day.
15 books that spark joy no matter when you read them
The literary equivalent of a hug
15 books about strong women you can't help but fall in love with
Dip into this oestrogen-filled pool of memoirs and novels we love
12 books that sensitively portray what it's like living with mental health issues
Cathartic mental health books, some contemporary, and some iconic classics
11 fantasy book series and novels
…that will add magic to your life
9 realistic books on love
For the incurable romantic
The party survival guide for humans who hate them
Master the Irish Goodbye, and more
An Indian Wiccan spells out what the craft is all about
An interview with Angel Serrao
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
What arranged marriage did to my parents (and me)
A real-life account
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.
A simple guide to understanding gender, sex and more
The experts weigh in
A lazy bookworm on getting back to reading
And how you can do it too
Play the lead
Resilient. Audacious. Powerful. Hilarious. Visionary. Here’s to the reel-life icons turned real-life inspirations — the powerful women on our screens
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.