About Me

Professionally…

Formally know as Neha Chandok-I am an English Honors graduate and finished my Post Graduation in Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism from Punjab University. Had God heard my prayers I would have landed up as a fashion designer or an artist. But I have channeled the same into words and thoughts.

I started my journey in blogging in 2007 and only loving it more.

Here are a few points which I consider as benchmarks in my growth as a professional

  • Worked as a professional blogger and editor with Instablogs, Shimla (http://www.instablog.com) / (http://naina.instablogs.com/9/ ) from January 2007 to June 2007 with an expert hand on fashion reviews, latest trends, books and celebrity gossips.
  • Have filed a project for SP Jain Institute of Management, Mumbai regarding the dying art of weaving with respect to Kullu, H.P.
  • Was part of a team for Tourism brochure for Himachal Government emphasizing Himachal as an orchard destination.
  • Been associated as a freelance content writer with a few online websites and head a newsletter for Yuva Unstoppable, an NGO working for street children in Baroda.
  • Have worked as a freelance journalist for the local edition-Shimla Plus-under Times of India.
  • Have done case study for SEEDS, an NGO (http://www.seedsindia.org/) for their Earthquake Safety Initiative Himachal Pradesh Project (http://seedsindia.org/ESIHP/)
  • Worked as an editor and contributor to the online news portal MyHimachal (http://himachal.us/) / (http://himachal.us/author/neha).
  • Was also associated with Punjab Newsline (http://www.punjabnewsline.com/ ) as a freelance editor for a very short period.
  • Have interned with India Today’s publication Good Housekeeping from February 09 to March 09 as part of the M.A Mass communication and Journalism program.
  • Was working part time with MetroMela as a content writer and reviewer. Here is a link to my work ( http://chandigarh.metromela.com/ )
  • Interned with India Infomedia, which is a PR firm in 2010
  • Currently working with Blogworks (http://blogworks.in/) as a Knowledge Executive.

PERSONALLY…

I love putting my imagination into stories I weave. Writing to me comes as an art, a dip into an idealistic world and even an escape route at times.

Not much into politics I tend to indulge in topics which make me think hard and debate them. I love graveyard humor though I usually am on the receiving side of it. I have always loved art and travelling is definitely my weakness. I love it terribly.

I love reading books, making sketches and guitars (though I can neither sing, nor play them)! Photography is another area of my interest.  Coffee does better for me than tea and I live in a close knit group of people whom I love a lot. One thing I love about men is their motorcycles and I have a keen wish to own one someday.

I do a lot of cinema watching at times and music is something I am always hooked on to.

That’s it from me for now.

Keep writing… :)

~Cheers~