Fast Company
DNA India
HuffPost
YourStory
The New York Times
Tiny Love Stories is the Modern Love column's short form: complete stories in under a hundred words, chosen from open submissions by the Modern Love editors. His story runs inside the 11 June 2024 column.
Three different things, kept apart on purpose
- I wrote it
- The masthead commissioned or accepted the piece and ran it under my name.
- I am quoted in it
- Someone else reported and wrote the piece. My words appear inside it as a source.
- Reader contribution, selected
- An open-submission column. The editors chose the piece and the paper published it.
The New York Times
Modern Love takes open submissions and its editors choose what runs. Mine were chosen twice. The paper keeps both pieces behind its own wall, so the link is the proof.
The New York Times
We have more than enough for the two of us, but not for the 15 family members we want to help.
Published on the web and in the newspaper. The print edition ran it in the Modern Love feature “Tiny Stories, Taboo but True”, one of five reader stories on that page, credited Bhavik Sarkhedi, 31. Both clippings are below.
Forbes
Seven articles on Forbes.com quote me, written by two contributors. One is William Arruda’s feature naming top global personal branding experts. The other six are Jodie Cook’s entrepreneur round-ups on AI tooling, where I am one of the founders she asked.
Forbes
SEO is one of the most powerful yet overlooked strategies in personal branding. I've seen how it helps people find you organically through relevant searches, creating lasting visibility and credibility beyond social media.
A round-up of tips from personal branding practitioners worldwide. The article was retitled after publication; the original headline read “Crush 2025 With These Personal Branding Tips From Top Global Experts”.
Forbes
Forbes
Forbes
Forbes
Forbes
Forbes
The Indian Express
A reported feature on first bosses, where I am one of the people interviewed.
The Indian Express
For 15 months, I watched my boss run the factory floor with discipline, precision, and absolute conviction. He didn't just show me what great engineering looked like, he showed me the kind of passion the job demanded.
A second quote in the same piece: the uncomfortable clarity a first boss holds up to you can be worth more than any technical skill they teach.
New in Asia
New in Asia
Part of New in Asia's Top Voices Series. The full list sits behind the publication's member gate, so the article's own opening is below.
Forbes India
Five pieces, every one of them filed by the desk under Technology.
Forbes India
Forbes India
Forbes India
Forbes India
Forbes India
The Quint
Four pieces, all of them on AI, search and platform power.
The Quint
The Quint
The Quint
The Quint
Inc42
Seven pieces on AI and the economics of building a company.
Inc42
Inc42
Inc42
Inc42
Inc42
Inc42
Inc42
DNA India
Entrepreneur
The earlier stretch, written while I was running a content agency, back when the argument was about craft rather than machines.
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Author profiles, on their own domains
These are the pages a publisher keeps about a writer, hosted by the publisher. Two of them state in their own words that my writing has run in The New York Times. That is a masthead vouching on its own domain, which is worth more than any screenshot I could show you.
Forbes India
“Bhavik Sarkhedi is an experienced India-based writer who has written for HuffPost, Elite Daily, Times of India, and Entrepreneur US, and his stories have also been published in The New York Times, Forbes US, YourStory, and more.”
Open the profileThe Quint
“Bhavik Sarkhedi is a writer at Forbes India, a seasoned independent writer whose stories are published in The New York Times, Forbes US, YourStory, HuffPost, Elite Daily, Times of India, Entrepreneur US and more.”
Open the profile
Also published at
Single pieces and standing accounts, going back to 2016.
Elite DailyTech in AsiaeLearning IndustryIndraStra GlobalSiteProNewsWittySparksTechSlingBroBibleTop Software CompaniesTimes of IndiaBuzzFeedTripotoQuora
The questions people actually search
Asked plainly, answered plainly, with the outlet and the date in every answer so the answer can be checked.
Is Bhavik Sarkhedi really published in The New York Times?
Yes, in print and on the web. His story Should Family Come First? was published by The New York Times on 11 December 2023 in the Style section under Modern Love, credited Bhavik Sarkhedi, 31. The print edition carried it in the Modern Love feature Tiny Stories, Taboo but True, as one of five reader stories on the page. The newspaper clipping and the web version are both reproduced on this page. A second piece ran in Tiny Love Stories, the column's short form, on 11 June 2024. Two other mastheads state the same fact independently on their own websites: his author biography at Forbes India and his author biography at The Quint both say his stories have been published in The New York Times.
Is Bhavik Sarkhedi really featured in Forbes?
Yes, seven times on Forbes.com. Forbes named him among the top global personal branding experts in William Arruda's feature of 5 January 2025, which carries the headline 19 Essential Personal Branding Tips From Top Global Experts and quotes him on search visibility. Six further Forbes articles by Jodie Cook quote him on AI tooling, published between October 2023 and June 2024. Separately he writes for Forbes India, where he has five bylined articles, every one of them filed by the desk under Technology. All seven Forbes.com pieces are linked on this page, and his quote in each is printed in full so the wording can be checked without a subscription.
Does Bhavik Sarkhedi write for Forbes India?
Yes. He has an author page on forbesindia.com with five published articles, every one of them filed under Technology: on AI as an uninvited co-author, on Google and spam in the age of AI, on AI coaches in tech leadership, on deepfakes in marketing, and on living alongside AI.
Has Bhavik Sarkhedi been quoted in The Indian Express?
Yes. He is one of the people interviewed in the Indian Express feature on first bosses, filed under Lifestyle and Workplace in September 2026, where he describes leaving mechanical engineering after fifteen months at a truck assembly company in Bhuj to write full time.
Why can I not read these articles when I click them?
Because most of them are paywalled or ask you to register. Forbes shows part of the article and then asks for a subscription, The Indian Express asks you to create a free account, and The New York Times requires a subscription. That is the publisher's decision, not a broken link. Every quote of his that sits behind one of those walls is printed in full on this page, next to the link, so the wording can be checked without paying anyone.
Does Bhavik Sarkhedi have a Google Knowledge Panel?
Yes. Google holds a Knowledge Graph entity for him under the identifier /g/11bwfv10gz, and the panel displays on a search for his name. The panel is claimed and verified by him.
Is Bhavik Sarkhedi a Fast Company contributor?
Yes. He has an author page on fastcompany.com as a member of the Fast Company Executive Board, the publication's vetted network of founders and executives who write for it. He is also in the Entrepreneur Leadership Network, with author pages on both the US and India editions of Entrepreneur.
What does Bhavik Sarkhedi actually write about?
Technology, and the people inside it. Across Forbes India, The Quint and Inc42 the subjects are consistent: artificial intelligence, search, ChatGPT and the platforms that decide who gets found. The exception proves the point, because the work The New York Times published is a love story. He describes the through line as the intersection of storytelling and technology, and argues that technology is most interesting when it is doing something to a person.
