Akila G. juggles the muse, work, home and an eight-year-old daughter. She has read at the Goa litfest, TedX, Sahitya Akademi and has been published in anthologies and online journals of repute. She is also an active member of the Twin City Poetry Club, Hyderabad. Her poem “Stains” was one of the ten shortlisted for the Womeninc Sakhi Award 2018 for poetry.