Rithwik Kabir Shivnani

Rithwik Shivnani is an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, currently studying Economics, who is interested in philosophy, sociology, and mathematics.

Books

Sun Sign

Sagittarius

Three things people don’t know about you?

I love to cook, I enjoy reading poetry, I'm a bit of a perfectionist

What’s your greatest fear?

Losing my family and friends

What is your greatest achievement?

So far (I mean I'm only 18), probably getting into UC Berkeley

High point of your life?

A trek with my parents in Kashmir

Low point of your life

Losing one of my great grandparents

Which living person do you most admire?

Not most, but I really admire my high school literature teacher

Who is your favorite fictional hero?

Sensei from Kokoro

Who is your favorite fictional villain?

Patrick Bateman from American Psycho

Who are your favorite authors?

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Oscar Wilde, Arundhati Roy

What are your 5 favorite books of all time?

The God of Small Things, Notes from Underground, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Kokoro, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Is there a book you love to reread?

Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams

What are your 5 favorite movies of all time?

The Dark Knight, Whiplash, 12 Angry Men, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Dune 2

One Superpower you wish you had?

Time Travel

Your epitaph would read? /Last line in your biography would be?

Nothing to almost everybody, but everything to a few. And that's enough.

If you had a time machine to take you back to any country and any time period, where would you choose to be for your childhood, adolosent , adult life and silver years?

"Childhood - exactly where I spent it, growing up in Bangalore Adolescent - 1970s in the US Adult Life - Ancient Greece (hopefully get mixed up with the philosophers) Silver Years - 1800s Japan"

If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?

Playing the guitar

Which book you wish you had written ?

Norwegian Wood by Murakami

When and where do you write ?

Whenever I'm feeling inspired, anywhere quiet and ideally surrounded by nature

Silence or music?

Silence

One phrase that you use most often?

It is what it is

Do you have a writing ritual / superstition?

No

What’s your guilty reading pleasure?

The Asterix and Obelix comic books

Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?

No one likes what they write the first time.

After spending his childhood years in Bangalore,
Rithwik is currently an undergraduate student at the
University of California, Berkeley. His diverse interests
span economics, mathematics, and complexity theory,
alongside a passion for poetry and sketching. In 2021,
Rithwik penned his debut novella, which explores
the often-encountered tension between religious and
scientific thought from his childhood. This book marks
his initial foray into the literary world.



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