Writer. Editor. Publisher.

Sahana Ahmed

writes across forms. She is the author of Combat Skirts and founder of Bare Bones Publishing. She lives and works in India.

BIOGRAPHY ↗ BOOKS ↗

WORK ↗

There’s much humour, acuity, and unforgiving shrewdness in the observations and writing.
Amit Chaudhuri

BOOKS

Explore Sahana’s published work.

2018

COMBAT SKIRTS

Novel

A coming-of-age story set in an Army girls’ hostel.

2025

MY INDIA, MY GODS

Essays

An anthology about faith, spirituality, and identity in India.

BIOGRAPHY

Sahana Ahmed

Sahana Ahmed, née Chowdhury, is a writer, editor, and publisher based in Gurugram, India. Her work spans fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, as well as design and curation. She is the author of Combat Skirts and Mrinalini Gets Married (forthcoming).

In 2022, Sahana was named ‘Woman of the Decade’ by the Women Economic Forum. In 2023, she founded Bare Bones Publishing.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

[A] dexterous wordsmith.
National Book Trust, India
Sahana Ahmed has an eye for detail and a sharpness of observation that reminds one of Jane Austen.
The Hooghly Review
In Ahmed’s editorial choices, one sees a feminist trying to make amends in an inordinately violent and patriarchal world.
The Wire