Books
Leo
I cosplayed as Jon Snow and Captain America in Comic-con, I can't lose in a Never Have I Ever game, I don't like chocolates or dessert (explains why the book is so dark)
Cats. No wonder I empathized with Imhotep from The Mummy
When my parents were called to join me on stage by Ram Jethmalani when he was conferring me an award. That sure did wonders to my college allowance in that year.
When I first held a copy of Sons of Darkness in my hand. This is what mothers must feel when they hold their babies for the first time.
The three months I was completely alone during the pandemic. The market value of human connection sky-rocketed for me then.
Mom (and Neil Gaiman)
Achilles (Illiad)
Grindelwald (Harry Potter) and Thanos (Marvel)
J.K. Rowling, George R R Martin, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman and Oscar Wilde
A Game of Thrones, The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Blade Itself, Glimpses of World History, The God of Small Things
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Inception, Troy, Veer Zaara, Pretty Woman, Dil Chahta Hai
Teleportation. How I would milk this superpower to satiate that wanderlust!
On tombstone: I would've preferred a pyramid/ Last Line in Biography: In the end, he was killed by a time-traveling hero to save the world from a gorgeous tyrant.
I am a 90s kid. My childhood was spent in the most-perfect era- So, I wouldn't travel anywhere else. For my teenage-college life, I would love to head to the Hippies Era in the US and carry Stop The War posters before the White House. For my adult life, I would head to the Age of Pharaohs to figure out how did they build that insane pyramid. For my silver years, I would to head to Athens (at its peak) and sip wine, discussing philosophical queries all night long. Just Socrates and Chill.
To be able to do card flourishes. I think they look wicked. Also, big Gambit fan.
Neverwhere (by Neil Gaiman)
Whenever the Muses are feeling benevolent. My desk at the corner of my room is my safe space.
Music
This is Sparta! (whenever I ambush my little brother)
"I make an entreaty to the Greek Muses to bestow inspiration. As Shakespeare writes in his opening lines of the prologue to The Life of Henry the Fifth: “ O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention …” And I like it when ambient music floats through my space when I write."
Twilight. Any Dan Brown.
You can become a better writer only by reading every day.
A gold medallist from SLS, Pune, Gourav Mohanty currently practices law in Mumbai. He has also dabbled with policy work. He moonlights as a stand-up comic, a blogger and an amateur dancer & artist. As evident, his life has many tabs open. A connoisseur of mythologies and momos, he has earned numerous scholarships in his time at law school, one of which took him to the castles of Europe. Ever since, he has been drawn to conjuring a world where Vedic India meets Italian Renaissance.
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