Amrita Chowdhury

From the bustling neighbourhoods of London to the shadowed corners of New Delhi, from sun-filled Calcutta in the sixties to the breezy mornings of Chicago, seven stories unfold, each one a raw examination of the human connections that sustain us and the ones that destroy us.

Wretched Little Friendships is Amrita's debut book, and it explores the brutal tenderness of unlikely links—the ways we reach for each other across cultural divides, generational gaps, through the wreckage of our own lives, just because we suffer from the desperate human need to be known. These are stories about the odd friendships that save us, the tender ones that trap us, and the thin line between preservation and destruction.

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Amrita writes stories that explore complexities of modern relationships and cultural identity in contemporary settings, about people who are not always noticed.
She works in London, UK and when she's not surrounded by buildings and spreadsheets, she works on her first novel. She also paints, and waxes lyrical about food and travel.
She was a contributor to The Statesman and The Nottingham Post, and worked part-time as a book designer while in University. Her work has since appeared in Hippocampus Magazine, Bridge Eight, Barely South Review, Mud Season Review, The Bangalore Mirror, TechinAsia, and The Writing Cooperative.

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