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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.
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Featured Work
A daydreamer's travel guide
A list of the fictional places we’d love to teleport to, inspired by our favourite books, shows and pop culture icons.
Turning your bedroom into a sleep sanctuary
So you can sleep better, and easier…
Follow me
They prefer Airbnbs over hotels and experiential itineraries over cookie-cutter tours. Redefining travel with their running reel of #travelinspo, here are the four Instagram travellers to follow to fuel your wanderlust.
Home makeover
Feeling the travel blues? You can carry the holiday vibe back with you. The experts explain how to channel the destination of your choice into your interiors
Hidden figures
An exclusive pop-up for cacti and succulents, a handmade dim sum steamer shop and a store with Wes Anderson-styled everything — five design savants reveal their secret shopping stops from Tokyo to Milan.
India cool is: Ahead of the game
In the dynamic world of fashion, looking forward is as important as looking back. Vogue investigates the innovative movements changing the way we create, shop, dress and discard.
Two’s company
Whether it’s a professional relationship that’s as well oiled as a happy marriage or a familial bond that has turned into a respectful working association, we explore the chemistry between six pairs to find out what makes two, tango.
The happy pill
Mandira and Sumeet Nath’s Zoloft in Assagao is a vibrant, earthy mood lifter with simplistically stylish interiors designed by Isla Maria Van Damme
Vantage point
Overlooking the city of Panjim, the Furniturewalla mansion offers panoramic views in unabashed luxury
A heritage walk in Mumbai city
Join us as we explore the historical by-lanes of Maximum city
An interview with Rolf Sachs
Rolf Sachs’ fabrications invite diverse interpretation, as subtle wit, intense emotion and clever reinvention take centre stage
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.