Learning, Slowly
This page is a record of what I am learning from. Books, courses, practice, other writers.
I follow what interests me and stay with it as long it’s useful.
I learn slowly and with genuine interest, not for speed, not for status. When something matters to me, I want to understand it properly, and I give it the time that it takes.
This page is a record of what I am currently learning from: books, courses, videos, practice. It updates as I go.
Work
Civil Assistant Surgeon
Government of Telangana
Education
MBBS
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery
Courses and Videos
Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself — Wesleyan University via Coursera. A four-course specialization taught by published memoirists and essayists. Completed the foundational modules.
Content Writing, Creative Writing, Copywriting — Henry Harvin. Watched all the video modules across all three courses. The certificate wasn’t the goal.
Smartphone Photography — Kunal Malhotra. Recently taken, to photograph my life and my work better, for this site, Instagram, and my journals.
Reading
I read widely and without apology: classics, thrillers, memoirs, essays. The through line is good writing and something that stays with me after I’ve finished.
Books I’ve loved
Pride and Prejudice · Sense and Sensibility · Little Women
Tiny Beautiful Things · You Could Make This Place Beautiful · Real Estate · Cost of Living
The Artist’s Way · Let’s Talk Money · Let’s Talk Mutual Funds · The Assertiveness Workbook · Set Boundaries, Find Peace · The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching · The Art of Being Alone · I Don’t · Spinster · The White Queen
The Silent Patient · Daisy Darker · In My Dreams I Hold a Knife · The Guest List · It Girl
And everything Agatha Christie ever wrote.
Essays
I read essays the way I read everything else: when something catches my attention, I follow it. Aeon and Longreads are where I end up most often.
Currently reading
Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel — Lucy Foley (murder mystery)
A Guide to the Good Life — William Braxton Irvine (Stoic philosophy)
Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman (psychology, audiobook)
I read across genres. Everything feeds the writing in some way.
Practice
Drawing — Working through How to Doodle: The Complete Guide by Kamo.
Bollywood Dance — Online classes thrice a week. Ongoing.
Bollywood Singing — Online course (foundation, beginner, intermediate, advanced). Currently in the beginner stage.
Creative/Junk Journaling — Ongoing. Making spreads from stickers, stamps, specialty papers, and ephemera to hold memories.
Depth over speed, always.