Karuna Ezara Parikh is an Indian author and poet. He is also a screenwriter who has worked with Ishaan Nair for his film Kaash in 2015. She is part of the delivery team ‘The Burlap People’ who make handmade sustainable bags from pre-washed fabric, perfect jeans and earrings to sell online. She also worked as a television reporter and model.
Wiki/Biography
Karuna Ezara Parikh was born on Monday, 12 November 1984 (age 37 years; in 2021) in Delhi. His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He studied journalism, film & broadcasting at Cardiff University.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 8″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
His father’s name is Rajen Parikh.
Karuna Ezara Parikh with his father Rajen Parikh
His mother’s name is Kalpana Misra. He is a writer and a teacher. He has two younger sisters. His youngest sister’s name is Nayantara Parikh who is a photographer. His middle sister is an archaeologist who lives in Cambridge.
Karuna Ezara Parikh with his mother and two younger sisters
Karuna Ezara Parikh’s childhood photo with his grandparents
Husband
On 23 January 2019, Karuna Ezara Parikh got married to Amitesh Ray. He is a lawyer by profession. Her wedding took place at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Karuna Ezara Parikh on his wedding day
Relationships/Affairs
She was in a relationship with Amitesh Ray before marrying him.
Karuna Ezara Parikh with the rays of Amitesh
Career
Karuna Ezara Parikh started his career as a print journalist immediately after completing his education. As a print journalist, he writes and edits various publications. Initially, he worked on Doordarshan as the anchor of a series named ‘Destination Himalaya.’ Later, he joined NDTV Good Times’ travel and talk show ‘Life’s A Beach.’ He quit the show after completing nearly 50 episodes on different shores around the world. She also works as a screenwriter and model. She has a fashion line titled Karuna for Fashion. (https://www.fashionatclick.com) He is the author of a book titled ‘The Heart Asks Pleasure First’ which he released in 2020. He told in an interview how he started writing. He said,
At first I wrote poems – notebooks and notebooks full of them. But I didn’t know you could “be a poet”. I don’t understand how someone can. I will send the poem to the newspaper. No one ever wrote back of course. I think that’s why I studied Journalism in the end. That’s the only way I think I can, possibly, make any money writing.
Karuna Ezara Parikh’s debut novel The Heart Asks Pleasure First
A poem by Karuna Ezara Parikh
Favourite
- Movies: The Dreamers, Love Me If You Dare, Almost Famous, Fight Club, Vigo, Women Talking Dirty
- Books: Lionel Shriver, Salman Rushdie, Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Margaret Atwood, Danny Sugarman, Nadeem Aslam, Kiran Desai, Tarun Tejpal, Pablo Neruda, Peter Carey, Tom Robbins, Tom Wolfe, Chuck Klosterman
- Writers: Michael Ondaatje, Nadeem Aslam, Tolstoy, Arundhati Roy, Svetlana Alexeivich, Barbara Kingsolver, Ann Patchett, Zadie Smith, Graham Greene
Tattoo
- Karuna Ezara Parikh has a guitar inked on his arm because he loves music.
Karuna Ezara Parikh features a guitar on his forearm
- His left arm is fully tattooed. In his blog, he mentioned the meaning of his full arm tattoo. He wrote,
I never planned for those tendrils and mandalas, the feathers and fine mesh all happened by accident, quite by chance. There was a deer there because a girl I loved called me one. There are flowers that always bloom. There is value in the bride’s henna falling on the sleeve of the black dress.”
Karuna flaunts her full arm tattoo
- He had an airplane inked on his wedding finger.
Karuna Ezara Parikh displayed his airplane tattoo on his wedding finger
- He has an inked tattoo on the left side of his leg and a butterfly tattoo on his left leg.
Karuna features a tattoo on her left leg and a butterfly tattoo on her leg
- The tattoo on his ankle represents the sign (Scorpio) in which he was born.
Karuna Ezara Parikh has a scorpion mark on his left ankle
- He has an inked tattoo on the inside of his right leg.
Karuna features a tattoo on her right ankle
Facts/Trivia
- Karuna Ezara Parikh likes to drink alcoholic beverages occasionally.
Karuna Ezara Parikh with a glass of wine
- Karuna Ezara Parikh is a social media influencer with over 82k followers on Instagram.
- Karuna Ezara Parikh likes to smoke cigarettes occasionally.
Karuna Ezara Parikh with a cigarette in his hand
- In a conversation with media house ‘Platform’, she asked about her inspiration to write her first book titled ‘The Heart Asks Pleasure First.’ This book is the romance of an Indian-Pakistani couple. He told,
In 2003 I met a group of Pakistani boys and became deeply embedded in a friendship that felt like home and family. Our conversations and relationships over the years have become the lens through which I see Indo-Pak relations in a certain light – without politics, full of commonalities. The story began to develop at that time and I knew I always wanted to write something that dealt with the complexities of that friendship but that was rooted in today and not in the time of the breakup. Yes, it is impossible to write about India and Pakistan together without referring to 1947, but there is a new story to tell as well.”
He further added,
Over the past two decades, the way we see Islam has also changed, globally, and the need to tell my story has grown. It finally fell into place when I met a man who made me question everything I knew about love. I’ve been told that I “only write love stories” and maybe that’s true, but aren’t all stories love stories? When I combine my great learning of love with the anger and frustration I’ve felt politically for so long, a story is ready to be written.”
- In his spare time, he likes to do photography.
Karuna Ezara while taking pictures with his DSLR camera
- Karuna Ezara Parikh also advertises various beauty products on his social media account.
Karuna while supporting beauty products
- In a conversation with a media house, Karuna Ezara revealed his favorite author. He said,
Tom Robbins, Tom Wolfe, Nadeem Aslam, Sara Suleri Goodyear, Barbara Kingsolver, Svetlana Alexievich, Joan Didion, Zia Haidar Rahman, Richard Powers, Galeano, Ondaatje… The list is endless.”
- She is a yoga enthusiast.
Karuna Ezara Parikh while doing yoga
- He is also an animal lover. She often posts pictures of her pet dog ‘Clover’ on her social media accounts.
Karuna poses with his pet dog
- Video of Karuna Ezara Parikh organizing an art culture event in Singapore in 2019.
- Some magazines like Elle India often feature Karuna Ezara Parikh’s life story in their reading content.
Karuna Ezara Parikh’s story is printed in Elle India
- Various motivational organizations, women’s and environmental activists often invite Karuna to deliver motivational lectures. On 5 June 2021, he attended a motivational program organized by Simon & Schuster India and delivered a lecture on ‘Life in the Age of Anxiety.’
Karuna Ezara Parikh on the invitation page of the motivational program
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