Prologue

Anuki
writes the unsaid.

"From the department of restrained, sensitive overthinkers." — Anuki

Anuki is a poet and author whose debut chapbook, Broken Hearts, traces a woman's journey through tradition, love, silence, and the quiet strength of reclaiming herself — twenty-seven poems, one honest voice.

Broken Hearts book cover — a couple walking away beneath a warm sunset, painted in orange and rust tones
Open notebook and pen resting on a wooden desk in warm evening light
School & CollegeActively competed in poetry and writing competitions, drawn instinctively to words and storytelling.
By DayWorks as a financial analyst in Hyderabad, turning complex figures into clear narratives.
By NightA late bloomer to journaling, she began storing moments before finally learning to express them.
2026Broken Hearts — her debut chapbook of twenty-seven poems — is published.
Chapter I — The Author

Numbers pay the bills. Words keep her grounded.

Anuki is a financial analyst based in Hyderabad, India. By profession, she works with numbers — building reports, analyzing data, and turning complex figures into clear narratives. Precision and logic guide her workday, where spreadsheets behave (mostly) under her watch.

Long before spreadsheets entered her life, writing had already found her. During her school and college years, she actively participated in numerous poetry and writing competitions, drawn instinctively toward words, expressions, and storytelling. Writing was never a phase — it was a quiet constant, waiting patiently in the background.

When work hours end, numbers step aside, and words take over. Writing became her refuge — a space where emotions could exist without rules or formulas. A late bloomer to journaling her own feelings, she spent years observing life silently, storing moments rather than expressing them. When she finally began to write for herself, those stored emotions found rhythm, honesty, and release.

Her writing leans into introspection, gratitude, and emotional truth — influenced by music, personal reflection, and everyday contradictions. One of her creative inspirations is Taylor Swift, admired for transforming raw feeling into storytelling that resonates deeply.

"While numbers pay the bills, words keep her grounded."

— Anuki, on writing and life
Poetry Introspection Emotional Truth Debut Chapbook
Chapter III — Inside the Collection

Four Movements of Broken Hearts

Twenty-seven poems, unfolding in four quiet stages — from inherited expectation to reclaimed selfhood.

I.

Tradition & Freedom

The opening poems sit in the tension between what a woman is taught to want and what she quietly wants for herself.

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II.

Cracks in Love & Marriage

Poems that sit inside the fractures — unspoken resentments, small disappointments, and the weight of going unheard.

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III.

The Awakening of Silence

Where silence stops being surrender and starts becoming a source of quiet, unshakable strength.

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IV.

Reclaiming Selfhood

The closing poems — courage, independence, and a selfhood built on her own terms, not borrowed ones.

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Chapter IV — Praise

What Readers Are Saying

4.8
★★★★★from early reader reviews
"Felt like reading my own diary."·"Quiet, aching, honest."
★★★★★

"Every poem felt like it was written for a version of me I hadn't spoken about out loud yet. Broken Hearts is quietly devastating."

R
Rhea Kapoor
Reader, Mumbai
★★★★★

"I read this in one sitting on a train and cried twice. The section on silence and strength stayed with me for days."

S
Sana Iyer
Reader, Bengaluru
★★★★★

"Anuki writes restraint so well — nothing is overwrought, and yet every line lands. A remarkable debut."

P
Priya Nair
Early Reader
★★★★★

"This felt less like a book and more like a conversation with the parts of myself I'd never said out loud."

M
Meher Chawla
Reader, Hyderabad
Chapter VI — Get in Touch

Let's Start a Conversation

For press, collaborations, book clubs, or simply to say the poems reached you.

Based in
Hyderabad, India
Debut Chapbook
Broken Hearts — 27 Poems, 2026