Beyond the trivia

“I personally don’t think that PhD is a post that you take up, it is a passion which you convert into your career. I was never much into studies, instead reading stories, exploring and talking about them interested me more. I was quite sure I wanted literature to be a part of me, and that’s how I navigated my academic journey.

After schooling, I wanted to move out of my city because I, like many other people, had heard that the…