Building a Writer's Paradise in Himalayas with
Chetan Mahajan[#TBS Eps 5]
Author, award winning blogger and founder of The Himalayan Writing Retreat, Chetan Mahajan talks about finding his love for writing in Jail, quitting his corporate career to moving to Kumaoni village in Himalayas to build a writers paradise.
Chetan Mahajan is a passionate author and writing coach. Chetan is a Kelloge MBA and former CEO. An unfortunate incident landed him jail where he found his love for writing. Chetan’s first book “The Bad Boys of Bokaro Jail” (Penguin, 2014) received critical acclaim. In 2015, He quit the corporate world and moved to a village in the Himalayas to be a full-time author and blogger. Here, he and his wife Dr. Vandita Dubey, also a published author, co-founded the Himalayan Writing Retreat – a place that is all about helping people with their writing. Chetan is also a writing coach with the London based the writing coach.
Chetan blogs about life in a Himalayan village at www.uncity.blog. This blog won the Indiblogger award for Humour. He is currently working on his first novel “Tara and Vishnu” and also on a memoir “The rat who wouldn’t race.
In this Episode we will discuss in depth…
1. Why chetan Began to write and how did he get better as writer
2. How did Chetan and Vandita plan their move from Gurgaon to the hills
3. How did they build the Himalayan writing retreat? Finances, staffing, finding a place for the retreat etc.
4. How did Chetan spread the get the first few students and how has it grown over the years
5. What are the tradeoffs of moving to hill? What do you have you have to sacrifice?
6. General cost of living in the hills
7. What are the different ways in which can earn money in the hills?
8. Fundamental steps that an 18 year old can consider to plan her move to the hills and a lot more
Links related to the Chetan and The Himalayan Writing Retreat
1. The Himalyan Writing Retreat
2. Email Id – chetan@himalayanwritingretreat.com
6. The Himalayan Writing Retreat Facebook Page
7. The Himalayan Writing Retreat Instagram page
8. Talks by Chetan Mahajan – TEDx talk, WP Stream talk, Keynote Speech at IIM Kozhikode
Resources mentioned in the Episode
1. On Writing Well by William Zinsser
2. Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr
4. Arohi.org
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