The 8000-mile journey from my hometown of Nashik, India to the Bay Area has been the culmination of my efforts to find my calling in life.

After specializing in Environmental Studies and Economics, I was on track for a career in social science research, but writing happened. Through journalism, I could combine my love for storytelling with my interests in the environment, travel, cultural history, music, and technology.

After working as a freelance environmental and sports journalist, and a travel writer for four years, I came to the Bay Area to study nonfiction video production at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Since then, I have covered stories about the history of foraging in the U.S. and the rise of video disinformation, profiled a self-described hustler from North Oakland, and produced contemplative pieces on migration in India, the rise of AI-generated art and bread (yes, bread). 

I look forward to work in a role that allows me to create engaging, thought-provoking content about stories that lie at the intersection of conventional beats. Here’s my resumé!

When I am not being sucked into Wikipedia wormholes to research a story, I am noodling on the guitar, cooking, watching test cricket or being sucked into Youtube wormholes.