Namratha Varadharajan is a Bengaluru-based poet whose writing thoughtfully explores identity, gender, emotional resilience, and the complexities of contemporary life through a lens of empathy and keen observation. A nominee for the Best of the Net and Touchstone Awards, her poetry has appeared in leading literary journals and anthologies, including Rattle, Only Poems, The Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English, The Usawa Literary Review, Muse India, The Hooghly Review, haikuKATHA, and Gulmohar Quarterly. She is the co-founder of Alt Poetry, a vibrant literary collective that fosters poetry through readings, workshops, and conversations in both online and offline spaces. A former poetry reader at Only Poems, she also curates the newsletter Poetic Adventures with Namy, connecting readers with the evolving world of poetry. Her debut collection, On Cultivating Loudspeakers and Quilts, is forthcoming, marking an exciting new chapter in her literary journey and contemporary Indian poetry.