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This is an audio and video podcast, where I interview professionals from a diverse set of backgrounds. Each guest profiled has a story to share about how they acquired a set of skills and knowledge in a creative and innovative manner. In the process, I hope to uncover a new understanding of learning as narrated and imagined by our guests. Through these conversations, I hope to create a kinder more empathetic version of the Internet where we hold space for each other and understand the years of effort, sacrifice, learning and love that goes into building a meaningful career in any field. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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#90 - Prachi Gohil on Reading, Writing and Making Space for Creativity
Tuesday, 11 November, 2025
On Episode 90 of the #LearningStories podcast we chat with Prachi Gohil. Prachi is a technology consultant by profession and a humanist at heart. Born and brought up in Mumbai, she has lived in New York City, Seattle, Raleigh, Bengaluru and Pune. A self-taught writer, an avid reader and a budding patron of the arts, she believes creativity is deeply embedded in the human consciousness. She hosts silent readings at Fictionary Bandra and curates art crawls for creative communities in Mumbai. She’s been working on the manuscript for her debut non-fiction book, “To Wonderland”, a collection of essays, poems and short stories delving into the identity of a young woman navigating the modern world of interconnected digital and analog experiences. You can find her on Instagram, Linkedin and Substack. Show Chapters(00:05) - Podcast Introduction (00:30) - Guest Background(01:20) - On her debut non fiction book(01:55) - Stories from your childhood(02:00) - "Mumbai is my favourite city"(02:45) - "I have a sister who is an architect"(02:50) - "There was not too much social media back in the day"(03:10) - "We had a lot of free time in the afternoons after school"(04:50) - On my family environment(05:40) - "I expressed my creativity through words"(06:00) - On making space for creativity and free play(07:50) - Growing up around readers and languages at home(08:50) - "We always had books which were age appropriate at home"(09:30) - "We were told stories in English, Marathi and Gujarati"(10:20) - Books I loved from a young age(18:00) - Studying Engineering and Marketing as a university student(18:10) - "Teenage years are always a really rough time"(18:30) - "I liked Mathematics and the Pure Sciences"(19:20) - "Programming has an element of creativity"(19:40) - My experience as an engineering student for 4+ years(20:50) - "I got to learn programming and a lot of it was self taught(21:00) - "Classroom education was not as exciting for me"(21:30) - Exploring jobs and internships after my undergraduate degree(22:25) - Starting a creative consultancy business after college(23:00) - My first internship experience (23:20) - "My non-paid internship turned into a full time advertising job opportunity"(24:00) - Why I was curious about digital marketing?(24:30) - My gap year and exploring freelance writing (25:00) - Pursuing graduate studies at NYU in integrated marketing(25:50) - Experience living and studying in New York City(27:00) - Creativity in the arts and sciences(29:30) - Balancing work and hobbies as a working professional(31:50) - "On Sundays, I started a ritual of writing a blog"(32:10) - "I maintained a blog called, 'Simply Prachi' for a long time"(32:30) - Writing to understand my different identities, relationships and life experiences(34:20) - Experience living and working in Seattle(36:00) - Growing up in the age of social media(37:00) - How Instagram and Twitter has changed over time?(38:00) - How technology shaped my relationships?(40:00) - "I have recorded these experiences over time in my blog and letters"(42:50) - Moving back to India and living in different cities(43:00) - Technology and the illusion of connection(44:00) - Living in Bengaluru and Pune during the digital revolution in India(45:20) - How technology can impact your dating life?(48:30) - How technology helps you as a reader?(51:00) - How technology helps you as a writer?(57:00) - On nurturing book and art communities in Mumbai(1:02:10) - Book Recommendation(1:03:30) - Film Recommendation(1:04:30) - Art Recommendation(1:05:30) - Closing NotesShow LinksPrachi's Website - https://www.prachigohil.com/Show Description#LearningStories is an audio and video show where we interview a diverse set of learners from the 21st century. Each guest profiled here has a unique story to share about how they acquired a set of valuable skills and knowledge in a creative and innovative manner.
