The Masthead
Priya Sirohi
Editor-in-Chief
She/Her
Priya is the Founder & Lead Coordinator of The Veranda, as well as Editor-in-Chief of Masalazine, our literary magazine. She started this community after watching yet another show misrepresenting South Asians, and decided to find writers who could change how South Asian characters get written. Other passionate wordsmiths joined her, and now we hang out on our virtual veranda with all of you talking shop about books, community, and writing. Priya enjoys painting, hiking, reading, watching Korean dramas, hiking, napping, and hiking. When she’s not being a wood nymph in the forests of upstate New York, she is an Assistant Professor of Writing at Ithaca College. Also, I need a new job, so if you’re hiring, here’s how to find me:
priyasirohi.rhetoric@gmail.com.
IG @priya_sirohi
www.priyasirohi.com
Fatima Shah
Non-fiction Editor
Fatima Shah is a charming and hilarious human and a gushing fountain of uncontrollable joy and angst, who finds meaning in life through writing, visual art, and learning literally anything. Her work focuses on whatever she happens to be trying to understand at any given time, which can include both everything and nothing. If that's too vague for you, that's too bad. She is the Non-fiction Editor for Masalazine and the writer of many very popular books, none of which have been written yet. If you must find her, she sometimes ventures onto Twitter and Instagram as @jasminegeekface.
Rachana Kolli
Fiction Editor
She/Her
Rachana Kolli studied Creative Writing and Biological Sciences at Northwestern University. She is currently trying to figure out what to do with the rest of her life which shouldn’t be surprising considering her disparate fields of study. So far she’s considered founding a book shop co-op with her best friend, writing bespoke Murder Mystery parties, and becoming a small-town mayor—please reach out if you can make any of these happen! When she’s not having a blast as the Fiction Editor of Masalazine, she is organizing her absurdly large Spotify library, working as a tutor and copyeditor, and resisting the urge to ballroom dance in a pandemic. She can be found on Twitter as @RachanaKolli and on Instagram as @rachana.kolli.