Sunayana Kachroo

Sunayana Kachroo is an Indian-American poet, film-writer, lyricist and a columnist.

Education Sunayana Kachroo was born and raised in Kashmir, India into a Kashmiri Pandit family. She received her education in Jammu and Kashmir and Maharashtra, and earned a master’s in computer science from Savitribai Phule Pune University in Pune. Her father, Chaman Kachroo, was also a poet known for his Urdu Nazm titled Charcha.

Career In 2000, Sunayana moved to the US and began working as an analyst in New York City. Ali Sethi, Sunidhi Chauhan, Hariharan, Harshdeep Kaur, Rashmeet Kaur, Anuradha Palakurthi, Jasraj Joshi, Hrishikesh Ranade, and Archana Kamath.

Sunayana developed an interest in poetry at the age of 15, trying different forms like Kavita, English Poems, Nazms, and Dohe. Since 2015, she has been a featured poet at the annual South Asian Poetry reading at Harvard University hosted by the South Asian Institute.

In 2022, she launched a new collection of poems called Sunny Side Up, which received reviews from Subhash Kak, and Lopa Banerjee,

In 2023, she released the song Tum Kehte Ho, sung and produced by Sunidhi Chauhan.

Work as lyricist

Tum Kehte Ho Dil Khanjar Kahan Hai Tu Sonn Pann Dilbaro Ae Savere Baliye Kuch Baqi Hai Subha Dekh Li Pehla Qadam Ekal Vidhayala Theme Dhool Hatakar Dekha Yumbarzaloo Tu Zarra Hai

Books

Waqt Se Pare-Beyond Time (2013) Sunny Side Up (2022) Tere Jaane Key Baad

Accolades

Best Lyricist Award for Ae Savere— India International Film Festival of Boston Top 20 Woman of the Year— Literature Award (India New England) Her poem, Oh, my brown boy was featured on the National Park Services, US Government Federal Department in December 2022