Digital Editor & Journalist
Founding digital editor at Esquire India. Writing on culture, style, entertainment, travel & sport. Previously Hindustan Times, Yahoo News Canada, GlobalSpa. Toronto-raised, Delhi-based.
Read my work ↓A portrait of one of the most restless, genre-defying musicians alive — and the many identities she carries with her.
→The Chinese superstar on mythology, reinvention, and what it means to carry a legend.
→Inside a style shoot with the Indian cricketer — and the easy, unforced confidence he brings to everything.
→How a new generation is fusing Indian sounds with underground club culture — and why the world is finally listening.
→On Remembrance Day, a look at the growing push to use psychedelics to treat the war wounds no one can see.
→Reporting on the fraught expansion of MAID to mental illness — and the ethical fault lines it exposes.
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Abhya Adlakha writes about travel, culture, and the curious intersection of luxury and life. A University of Toronto graduate who's worked with Yahoo Canada, Penguin Canada, and the Toronto Star, she spent eight years in Canada before finding her way back home — and to Esquire. Don't worry, she still spells "favourite" with a 'u.'
When she's not buried in a book, scuba diving somewhere, or plotting her next escape to Tokyo or Seoul, she's usually out on a long walk, befriending every dog she meets.
For commissions, collaborations, or press enquiries.
abhyaadlakha@gmail.com