Hey, this is Samarth.
π I'm a journalist, writer and coder based in Bombay, India.
π On this site, you can find my blog, links to published work, and ways to contact me.
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About me
πBorn and raised in New Delhi. Moved to Kanpur for college. Back to Delhi to start a career in journalism. Lived in Landour/Mussoorie βΒ a stunningly beautiful mountain town in the lower Western Himalayas βΒ for three years in my late twenties. Now, building a relationship with Bombay.
β€οΈ I love reading, drinking coffee, dancing, taking care of my body, and walking leisurely. Blessed with an addiction to freedom and solitude.
π‘I live for big ideas and small details, always nerding out on statistics, writing, philosophy, epistemology, technology, media, and human nature. I enjoy finding cross-disciplinary patterns to make sense of the world.
π¨βπ Spent my undergrad learning the fundamentals of math, engineering and computer science at IIT Kanpur. Worked at a tech startup. Revamped the student magazine. Had a lot of fun. Graduated in 2015.
πΌ Worked as a reporter with The Hindu and Hindustan Times. In 2018, spent life-changing five months as a reporting fellow with The Wall Street Journal's investigative team in New York. Left full-time work in January 2019. Freelanced for five years. And now, back to the building phase...
Current Work
I'm at an interesting stage of my career where I work two jobs.
One: I'm building The Plank, a journalistic magazine to help our readers become better citizens. We will launch in November 2024.
Two: In June 2024, I joined The Whole Truth Foods to lead Media Labs. I wrote about how I ended up at TWT here.