Richa Kaul Padte (she/her) is a writer, editor and the author of Cyber Sexy: Rethinking Pornography (Penguin Random House India, 2018), a critically-acclaimed exploration of online sex cultures in South Asia and beyond. Richa is co-founder of the award-winning longform publication Deep Dives, and the editor of several projects including the book Who Really Feeds the World by environmentalist Dr Vandana Shiva. Richa’s reporting, essays and other writing have appeared in places including BuzzFeed, VICE, Bitch, Racked, Hazlitt, National Geographic Traveller India, Electric Literature, Catapult Magazine, Vogue India and The Nib.

Despite all this, Richa maintains that her main job is cats:

If you’re looking for a longer bio for Richa, here it is. 

If you’d like to hire Richa to write or edit for you, or to send her pictures of your cat, please email her at richa @ richakaulpadte . com.