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
