Aarohi Mehta
Jaipur
Writes in Hindi, breaks in English.
PoetrySpoken word
About
Aarohi started writing on the back of physics notebooks in Malviya Nagar and has not stopped since. Her sets move between Hindi and English mid-sentence, usually about her mother, always about leaving. She has opened three Poetriarchy nights and hosted two.
Work
Kitchen, 6 a.m.
Written pieceMy mother measures love in cups of rice. Too much, always. She says a house should smell of something before anyone is awake to notice. I left. I still wake at six. I still make too much rice.
Leaving, in two languages
Written pieceJaana hai — I have to go. Jaana hai — I have to know. Same two words. My whole life stuck between the meanings.