About me

Here is a shiny bio I use to make myself sound good:

Preeti is a researcher, writer and historian, with a BA History and Politics from the University of Oxford, and a master’s in Public Policy and International Development. She is passionate about capturing hidden stories from oppressed and marginalised communities. She was an Independent Research Fellow with the Women’s History Network 2021-2022. Her debut book The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for change in the United Kingdom was published in September 2023 by Dialogue Books. Preeti’s essay How I Grew A Life was published in Fox & Windmill’s anthology Tales From the Kitchen, and she has written for think-tanks, NGOs, Shout Out UK and The Rights Collective, and was longlisted for Penguin WriteNow in 2020.

And here is the real bio:

I am a Brown, British-Asian woman with all the complexities that includes, and I proudly call myself a researcher, and sheepishly call myself an author. I have years of experience as a researcher, but I don’t have an MA in creative writing, nor any prior connections in publishing. I have learnt on the job and thanks to the wisdom and generosity of others, like Nikesh Shukla’s fantastic newsletter and affordable writing workshops, and Teach like a grrl’s fabulous courses. I have learnt by trial and error, analysing the writing that speaks to me to see if I can recreate its charm, and by just trusting myself and my ‘voice’, whatever that is. My social media following is still pitifully small (do follow me on Twitter and Instagram if you’re reading this, I beg of you).

My debut book The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for change in the United Kingdom was published in September 2023 by Dialogue Books.

When I’m not researching, writing or reading, I can be found playing cooperative board games, bingeing TV shows, hiking slowly, or cooking delicious vegetarian food.