About Nishi Jain

Nishi Jain spent five years studying English literature at Delhi University, at the end of which she realized 'all art is useless'. Another two years editing novels and writing newspaper articles, and shouting herself hoarse in street plays, she realized erudition never got anybody anywhere. So, she took off and visited the four corners of India, came back, and announced that the best thing in the world was cheesecake. Now, she just writes, plays ping pong, and eats cake on the sly.

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Two Men and a Little Girl in Pondicherry

Mar 13, 2021 By Nishi Jain in Featured, People, Solo travels, Travelling in India

Trring! “Hi, can I talk to Nishi?” says a suave voice from the other end. “Ya, this is Nishi,” I reply putting on my best tone. Crisp Voice says, “Congratulations Nishi, you have won the Tata Nano food-quote contest. You are going to shoot a sequence on the show Highway on my Plate with Rocky(…)

A Racy Affair: Kerala’s Snake Boat Race

Oct 11, 2021 By Nishi Jain in Adventure

A stretch of water flowing between cemented embankments serves as the race track. On either side there is a crowd. It is not difficult to spot the aficionados from the tourists. While the former sit along the patches of the cemented banks braving the irregular showers with an umbrella, the latter relax on the(…)

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