Anyone who knows me more than just as an acquaintance has probably encountered my love for reading. My passion, and my current profession, are in the domain of writing. Both of these interests were born from a deeper connection to the world of storytelling, as a reader and as a writer. While I’ve been consuming books, mostly fiction, since I was too young to remember, I did start writing my own prose and poetry when I was 11, as part of an assignment from school.
Since then, I’ve been trying to find new ways to tell stories – about magic, about science, about life and all that it has to offer.
Today, I am starting a podcast to continue that journey in exploration of the world of storytelling. In this podcast, I want to explore questions and topics from my personal experience in the domain of reading and writing, with insights from life all around me. Joining me will be guests from all walks of life who have touched mine in some way or the other, and who have been interesting co-passengers on this journey at some point.
Introducing this podcast will not be complete without mentioning one of the biggest reasons, and roadblocks, that I have faced for doing so – my trials with speech defects. Ever since I was a child, I have encountered a stammer whenever I’ve been nervous, something that I still face to an extent, and this has often led me to a bad place in terms of mental health.
Over the years, I’ve tried to acknowledge and improve my relationship with this problem by facing opportunities to speak publicly head on – including giving the best presentation during a professional training, trying my best at job interviews, and even having my own weekly show on national radio in three different cities.
This podcast is an effort in the same direction on the journey to reclaim myself from my speech defect.
With that, here’s the podcast, live now on Spotify.
P.S Anchor won’t let me update the cover art at the moment. Which is why I have included it as the featured image in this post as well.
Arnab Mukherjee 