Born in India, Swati Khurana is a New York City-based writer and artist. She has been published in The New York Times, Guernica, Narrative.ly, and elsewhere. A graduate of the Hunter College MFA program and Kundiman fellow, she is working on her first novel.

DEAD LETTER OFFICE

My Ugly Granddaughter

By SWATI KHURANA

“I know she thinks about my good advice because every time I say it, she goes to the bathroom and locks the door for some time.”