{"id":5,"date":"2026-07-12T22:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T17:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/contributors\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T23:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:10:28","slug":"contributors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meeratales.com\/contributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meeratales is written and kept by one person with one habit: paying attention. Meet the voice behind the stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meera Vohra<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meera writes about the people, caf\u00e9s, rivers and lanes of Varanasi and beyond. For years she has walked the old city with a notebook, collecting the kind of stories that never make the news but somehow define a place \u2014 the woman at the evening arti, the all-women kitchen in Assi, the chai stall that is really a living room. She believes the ordinary, looked at closely enough, is never ordinary at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Writes on:<\/em> Travel \u00b7 Culture \u00b7 People.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Write with us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you have a story that stays \u2014 from Varanasi or anywhere the road takes you? Meeratales is always glad to hear new voices. <a href=\"\/contact\/\">Get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeratales is written and kept by one person with one habit: paying attention. Meet the voice behind the stories. 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