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Pooja Makhijani is the author of Mama’s Saris, Bread Is Love, Together For Mama, and Aunties.

Her bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Real Simple, The Atlantic, WSJ.com, The Cut, Teen Vogue, Publishers Weekly, ELLE, and Bon Appétit among others. 

Pooja is a New Jersey State Council on the Arts 2026 Individual Artist Fellow. She is also a recipient of a General Scholarship from Boyds Mills (formerly the Highlights Foundation) and has been in residence at SPACE on Ryder Farm twice.