Category: Writing
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Ep. 5: Srinath Perur

In this episode, Srinath Perur tells me about the varied life experiences and writing experiments that underpin his acclaimed career: starting with acrostic poetry and pornographic college newspapers to songwriting for the stage, academic research writing for his doctorate, planning his travel essays, writing short stories (and winning short story prizes), translation, making music, and…
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Ep. 4: Kuzhali Manickavel

In this episode, writer and artist Kuzhali Manickavel talks to me about her journey from Canada to Bengaluru via Chidambaram, how her writing has been twisted and hilarious since early childhood, why a strong process and hard work trump convenience (in the context of generative AIs), and what goes into her burgeoning visual arts practice.…
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Ep. 1: Samanth Subramanian

Welcome to Happy Accidents, a series of in-depth conversations with seasoned creative practitioners on process, mastery and authenticity in the age of AI. In this first episode (listen below + on all major podcast platforms), I interview Samanth Subramanian, the award-winning journalist and author of The Web Beneath the Waves, A Dominant Character, This Divided…
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coming soon!

Episode 1 of Happy Accidents releases tomorrow (Sunday, July 5th). In it, I talk to Samanth Subramanian, the award-winning journalist, editor, and author of The Web Beneath the Waves, A Dominant Character, This Divided Island and Following Fish. We discuss the process of ideating and structuring pieces for narrative non-fiction, the state of journalism today,…