Sayani Sarkar
Sayani Sarkar holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Structural Biology from the University of Calcutta, India. Her works have been published in The Coil Magazine, The Alluvian, and The Curious Reader. She is currently writing a book, combining memoir with exploration of natural sciences. She lives in Kolkata, India.
What is it about grass that has fascinated the great American poet Walt Whitman, the transcendentalist thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau? Why do grasslands on horror novels and movies have such an uncanny effect? A personal narrative meets an exploration of the arts.