Payal SehgalPayal Sehgal is an artist and writer who lives in Canberra, Australia. She is also a mother, and much of her work is deeply shaped by lived experience, resilience, and reflection on justice, belonging, and human dignity.Her writing is concerned with he lived realities of marginalised voices, particularly Indigenous communities and migrants in Australia. She reflects on how systems of power, silence, and punishment can impact families-especially women who, even in contemporary society, find themselves separated from their children.Through poetry and prose, Payal explores themes of identity, loss, endurance, hope, and survival. Her work seeks not only to tell a personal story, but also to raise questions about equity, compassion, and the kind of society we are shaping for future generations. Read More Read Less