| Janhavi Acharekar is a freelance writer who has worked variously as journalist, advertising copywriter, wine-seller, art researcher and curator of literary festivals. The author of Window Seat: Rush hour stories from the city (HarperCollins 2009), her short stories also appear in anthologies of new writing, including First Impressions (TLM), Stories At The Coffee Table (Caferati) and Indo-Australian anthology on terror, Fear Factor (Picador). Her story 'A Good Riot' was shortlisted for The Little Magazine New Writing Award 2006.
Janhavi's literary reviews, travel features and other writings appear in various Indian and international publications. Reviews and arts features appear in The Hindu while travel pieces have appeared in The Times of India, Jetwings and Conde Nast Traveller (UK), among other publications. She has contributed to Outlook Traveller's guidebook Driving Holidays Across India and has authored a travel guidebook on Mumbai and Goa for American guidebook series Moon Handbooks. She was the Charles Wallace writer-in-residence at the University of Stirling, Scotland, 2009.
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