Writer.
Cinema Scholar.
Translator.
Curator.
Bridging worlds through literature and cinema. By researching the visual language of conflict and archiving stories of exile, I work to translate the untranslatable at the intersection of culture, language, and cinema.
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Meet Niyati
Niyati Bhat is a Kashmiri writer, translator, film scholar and PhD candidate in Cinema Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her writing has appeared in anthologies including Reimagining South Asia and Shadows of Azadi. She was recently a writer-in-residence at Villa Gillet in Lyon. She is currently at work on an ancestral memoir tracing the lives of Kashmiri women across two centuries, supported by a fellowship from the French Institute in India (Villa Swagatam 2025) and the Charles Wallace India Trust (2024). She lives in New Delhi.
I welcome enquiries regarding:
- Commissions: Long-form essays, interviews, and book or film reviews.
- Consulting: Manuscript development and editorial guidance
- Workshops: Creative writing, cinema, archival or research-based sessions.
To discuss a project or commission, please get in touch via the email: info@niyatibhat.com
