About Me

In Short…

Hi, I’m Nish.

I’m based in London and work for a financial services firm in the City, but in my spare time I pursue my passions as a writer and host of The Cusper Club podcast.

The Life Story:

I was born in India and moved to England when I was still in primary school. During my childhood, I moved home often due to my parents’ work, and so I lived in towns across England and Wales. Our family eventually settled in Birmingham to give the children stability, which I rewarded by promptly moving to Edinburgh, and then Melbourne, to study.

My academic background was in Economics, but I spent most of my time as a student studying Mandarin Chinese and skipping lectures to participate in competitive debating. Eventually, I was ranked as one of the world’s top fifteen speakers and appointed Chair of the World Universities Debating Council.

Like most graduates, I quickly learned that my interests were admirable enough in the abstract but unable to pay for me to have nice things: and that’s why I live in London now.

The Work:

My writing encompasses novels, playscripts, flash fiction and poetry, as well as the occasional essay. Many of my works have won or been acknowledged at writing competitions.

When I write, I am drawn to what I think of as the ‘remarkable unremarkable’: the ways in which ordinary people’s lives are filled with moments of profundity. Recurring themes include race, sexuality, and the cynicism of young people in modern society. I generally try to write from a place of dark comedy, and with a voice that reflects the young people I observe.

You can read a selection of my work here. I am currently making edits to my first novel, Little Blasphemies, an excerpt of which won The Book Edit Writers’ Prize 2021.

Call me, beep me, if you wanna reach me: if you’d like to contact me about my work, please get in touch.