Linthoi Ningthoujam is a poet and writer from Imphal. Her poems have been published in various literary anthologies and journals, includingThe Penguin Book of Poems on the Indian City,The Bombay Literary Magazine,Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English 2022, andWitness: The Red River Book of Poetry of Dissent. Her fiction for children was published inRegional Stories of India 2by Scholastic. ‘Rice Cooker’ is her first story for adults. She works as an assistant professor of English in Imphal.