Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Trainee

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yepp

How is social media changing news?

Making it more faster and quick

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

No one

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Voice of people

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Don't know

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Computer and gmail

What's your favorite social network?

Facebook and Instagram

Who do you wish followed you?

Barkha Dutt

Why did you become a journalist?

To be a good story teller

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

No

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

Story on the electrocution of workers of PSPCL department in Punjab.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Be truthful and research on stories as much as you can.

When's the best time to pitch you?

During the day

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Don't remember

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

Nothing so far

What's your favorite drink?

Juices

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

In field.

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

The Indian Express and the Telegraph

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

It's easy

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