The stars meet the skies and the crescent shines firmly Underneath breathes a speck of clay — shallow sometimes sometimes deep, the speck is indulged with a paradox uncertain but impeccable the speck is me
Writer · Researcher · Aspiring Business Analyst
Selected work
A small selection from poetry, reflection, and cultural writing.
A reflection on perception, truth, discernment, and the tension between what the eyes show and what the heart understands.
Read on MediumA poem about loss, memory, longing, and the questions that remain when certainty disappears.
Read on MediumA reflection on Mirza and Sahiban, Punjabi literary tradition, Sufi thought, and the language of love and longing.
Read on MediumBook project · in progress
A collection of minimalist poems and prose around love, longing, devotion, ache, impermanence, and detachment.
Published research
Literary and cultural research across language, gender, memory, and South Asian history.
The article revisits the history of tawaif in pre-colonial and colonial South Asia and examines the poetry of Mah Laqa Chanda in relation to women’s voices in Urdu literary traditions.
Read the publicationPublished in Embodied: The Stanford Undergraduate Journal of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Current direction
Business analytics, data, AI, and practical systems.
My professional work is moving toward business analytics and business intelligence, with interests in Python, SQL, Power BI, predictive analytics, and AI.
I’m especially interested in practical tools for small and family-owned businesses, including forecasting, inventory, waste, sales analysis, and financial accountability.
A little context
I’m Rabi. I write, research, and am learning to work more seriously with data.
My background is in Social Justice & Cultural Studies, with work around mediation, peace, conflict, literature, and culture. More recently, I’ve been studying business analytics as a Masters student and the ways technology can be useful without losing sight of the people it is supposed to serve.
This page is simply a place to keep some of that work together.