What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter with The New Indian Express
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
Getting the right readers
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Hemingway
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Journalism is an extension of socialisation
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Not remembering
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Ground level reportage
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Desktop with windows
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
Those who share my concerns
Why did you become a journalist?
To engage with the world around.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Reporting
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Agrarian distress in India
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be socially accountable and fearless
When's the best time to pitch you?
yet to arrive
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Life keeps moving
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Not yet
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Driving
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Caravan
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
I am taking the road less travelled
