Ravi Chandrasekhar
I never planned to become a writer – my first career was spent in the chaotic world of emergency medicine, working nights in busy urban hospitals across Mumbai and later Chicago. It was during those long shifts that I began jotting down stories in between patients, finding that writing helped me process the intense human dramas I witnessed daily. My first collection of interconnected short stories, "Night Rounds," emerged from those experiences and caught the attention of The New Yorker, where several pieces were published before the book's release.