About
Srishti Jha is a writer, editor and journalist. She has worked in the media for the past twelve years, with publications like Hindustan Times, India Today among others. She has extensively covered art, culture, fashion, travel, heritage, languages, books and human narratives in her work.
Srishti’s first translation work, The Queen of Indian Pop: The Authorised Biography of Usha Uthup, originally written in Hindi by author and senior journalist, Vikas Kumar Jha was published by Penguin India in 2022.
She has been on the panel as a speaker at the Jaipur Literature Festival, Kerala Literature Festival, Khushwant Singh Lit Fest, Kolkata Literary Meet, Tata Literature Live, Sharjah International Book Fair, Kolkata Bengal Club, Prabha Khaitan Foundation, Kitaab and AdTech.
She is currently working on her first novel, a poetry collection and a screenplay. She lives in Bombay.
BAHIRANG: The Queen of Indian Pop, Usha Uthup in conversation with Srishti Jha and Sathya Saran