India, July 30 -- Contrary to writerly stereotypes, Yashasvi Vachhani is quite sociable. When she's not writing, she runs the Osmosis Award for new poets with fellow writers Kunjana Parashar and Kinjal Sethia. She holds literary and other workshops and till recently, served on the literary curation team at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival.

In the course of the evening, Yashasvi relates how her childhood home, Manik Moti, a building in Khar, was redeveloped. It took some five years, and during construction, Yashasvi and her family lived in the same suburb. They returned a year ago to their redeveloped home, to taller and more capacious Blue Lotus. The upgrade brought much joy, peace and a feeling of being secure. It also brought with it a fee...