Born and brought up in a Kumaoni household in New Delhi. Swati Nagarkoti is a writer who turns quiet emotions into resonant language. Her work explores healing, vulnerability, and the unseen battles people carry within. Rooted in honesty and shaped by lived experience, her poems reach for softness even in dark places. She writes to make sense of the world, to give voice to feelings often left unspoken, and to remind others they are not alone in their hurt or their hope. This collection reflects her belief that survival itself is a form of art and that every story, no matter how fractured, deserves to be told with tenderness.