About Me

I am a government doctor in Hyderabad. Writing is the other serious thing I do.

Aishwarya Goud seated at a desk with an open book, in front of a metal grid of photos and notes

Quick Facts

Currently reading: Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel (fiction), How to Watch a Movie (non-fiction), Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents (non-fiction, audiobook)

Learning: drawing, singing, and fiction writing

Believes in: financial independence, chosen solitude, and autonomy

Finds joy in: quiet mornings, a new notebook, murder mysteries, ice cream at any hour

Values: clarity, and the freedom to change her mind

Working towards: a character driven literary murder mystery novel

A little context

Aishwarya Goud

I am a general practitioner in Hyderabad. Medicine is my profession and I take it seriously. Writing is what I do with everything else.

I write in scenes, from specific afternoons in my clinic or my room or a cafe somewhere, because that is how I think and how I make sense of things. I am not interested in prescriptive advice or tidy conclusions. I am interested in what is actually true, and I write towards that slowly.

I am drawn to essay writing because it holds contradiction and nuance in a way that other forms do not. These are not posts. They are pieces I write when I have something honest to say.

If something here resonates, read slowly. That is all I ask.

Aishwarya Goud writing at a desk, with a bookshelf and a bulletin board of planners and notes behind her
Where the writing happens.

I am always in the middle of something: books, courses, essays, practice. What I am currently learning from is on my Learning page.

The essays are where everything on this site comes to life. Start there.