Rachelle Bharathi Chandran is a writer-poet and independent researcher whose interests lie in the areas of intergenerational trauma and the construction of Dalit sexuality and aesthetics. Zer postgraduate work focused on developing an aesthetic rating scale rooted in one’s native culture. Ze has also written for The New Indian Express, Firstpost, The Forward Press, Malaroli, Gaysi, and Roundtable India. Zer essay for Skin Stories, POV has been published in an anthology on disability, sexuality and gender.