What was your first job as a journalist?
Covering a bomb blast that shook Bangalore in 2008
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I still love typewriter! It's an emotion!!
How is social media changing news?
For me it's a non-verified content that none bothers to cross check.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Entire Facebook
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Nose for news, heart to hunt for a human interest story
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Yet to read one
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Be clear about what you want to speak and why you want to speak
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Microsoft Word
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook, LinkedIn Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
All my readers
Why did you become a journalist?
Reading newspapers, loudly reading the headlines were my favorite pastime in childhood. As a school news reader, I started reading news carefully and grew up aiming to be a reporter!
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Not a newspaper. I used to brief the front page stories of the newspapers for the morning assembly in school.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
When I broke the story of Karnataka's then Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Dr Yathindra bagging a tender to set up a private lab in a government hospital in Bengaluru. My investigative reports were followed by all media.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Ask your if your really passionate to follow news, meet people, respond to stories and yes, work for more than 12 hours a day!
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Meeting a 98 year old Yoga teacher
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Fake calls
What's your favorite drink?
Warm water!
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Out on the street
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Wisdom, the Hindu, News Minute, Telegraph, the week
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That health reporters often fall sick!
