A Scandinavian family history book. A set of journals written in Antarctica. A misremembered princess. Here’s a glimpse of my writing during the last decade.
Books & collections
Volumes on history and art that I’ve written, edited or contributed to.
Arcadia: Peterson Family History and the Secrets of a Swedish Nobleman
Collaborated on, wrote and edited this family history set in 17th-20th century Estonia, Sweden, Norway and America.
Antarctic Diaries (Four parts, between 1956-1957)
Transcribed and proofread over 46,000 words from the handwritten diaries of a scientist stationed at Wilkes in the 1950s.
Book forthcoming
Write | Art | Connect (The Botanical Imagination)
My essay on memory, ephemerality and possibility was published in this anthology released at the India Art Fair in 2022.
Polmanarkivet
Since 2023, I’ve been writing and editing stories for Polmanarkivet, the leading digital repository for the Polman, Påhlman and von Pohlmann family.
“Kriti did an amazing job, with thorough, thoughtful research and reputable sources all cited.”
– CLAIRE ZHANG
Published essays
My articles have appeared in arts and culture publications in India, the UK, Japan, UAE, Hong Kong and the US.
More articles
Art x History Mario de Miranda | Safwan Dahoul | Mounira al Solh | Gauri Gill | Laura Boushnak | Nalini Malani | Catalogue essay for The Painting Center NY | The evolving art of brooches
Reviews Crime Writers’ Festival | Rufus Wainwright | Early Parsi theatre | Parsi Panorama
Travel Literary London
Interviews
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