What the CV doesn’t tell you.
Hi, I’m Nil.

Now that you have somehow survived my career updates, here is a glimpse of who Swapnanil is when economics is not demanding his attention. So, once again: Hi, I’m Swapnanil, or Nil.

I have accumulated a slightly unreasonable number of interests over the years. At this point, I suspect collecting hobbies has become a hobby in itself. Some appeared one random morning while I was lying in bed with an entirely blank head. Some came from the people and places around me. Some seem to have always been there, and others began because someone or something made me curious enough to try.

Which makes me wonder: is loving something any less real when you first learnt to love it because someone you love loved it first? I don’t think so. But I’d genuinely like to hear your take.

01

Between the Covers

Books, reading, and things I underline or occasionally argue with.

02

At the Movies

Cinema, filmmakers, and films I keep returning to.

03

Lines on Paper

Sketches made with questionable patience.

04

On Stage

Theatre, performances, and the pleasure of a dark auditorium.

05

Making Movies

Film-making, screenplays, and unfinished ideas.

06

World Underneath

Scuba diving and my occasional disappearance underwater.

07

Across the Table

Table tennis, preferably taken slightly more seriously than necessary.

08

The Application Desk

Helping students and applicants make a stronger case for themselves.

09

The Drawer of Other Things

For everything that refuses to fit neatly anywhere else.

There is, apparently, life beyond the regression table.