Citizen By Descent

"The two constants in my life have always been my passport and my anxiety, they have travelled the world with me." Citizen by Descent is a collection of illustrated autobiographical essays exploring the ideas of home, belonging, identity, anxiety, and being a third-culture kid. Born and raised in Dubai with an Indian passport, Kritika always felt like a nomad. In the past decade alone, she has lived in 8 different houses in three different countries, all the while trying to settle down. But none of them ever fully felt like home, there was always a piece missing. The book attempts to answer the age-old question of the diaspora, “Where do I belong?” Kritika’s response to that question is a timely reminder that a sense of belonging is not so much found as made. Kritika received her master’s degree (MA) in Dramatic Writing from the University of the Arts London in 2015. While in London, she worked in theatre and production, and on a documentary called 'India in a Day'. In 2017, she moved to Mumbai to pursue a career as a writer. Since then, she has written for an award-winning international web series called 'Bhak', worked on 'Life in a Day 2020', and worked in a writers’ room for a web series in 2022. She is presently a part of the team making a global documentary about mental health called 'I Hope This Helps'.