Sachita Nishal

PhD Student, Northwestern University

Even More About Me

Date Updated: Jun 12, 2020
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Books and Stuff

Oct 2022: I’m currently reading James Gleick’s book, The Information, which provides a very detailed history of humanity’s relationship with information - oral, written, digital, all kinds! I’m really enjoying it because it weaves a wide-ranging set of ideas, people, and locations together to tell the story of how we’ve understood, catalogued, and communicated our ideas over the ages, and how the media that we use for these purposes has changed how we think.

Aug 2022: I am chipping away at Jane Jacobs’ excellent book on how we can build better, safer, more vibrant cities: The Death and Life of Great American Cities. It’s very life-changing in the way that it’s really making me notice small nuances of the cities I’ve visited and lived in that made them the way they were! I hope to write a little essy about it after I’m done!

Theatre

During my undergrad years, I spent a lot of time doing theatre with my uni’s Drama Club. Some of my favourite playwrights are Edward Albee, Annie Baker and Will Eno.

I directed three full-length stage plays, assisted on two others, and competed at national-level collegiate theatre competitions thrice. Here’s a poster for the last play I ever directed, Duncan Macmillan’s Every Brilliant Thing, which we also adapted for a more Indian context.

Film

I love watching movies and thinking about why I (and everyone else) loves watching movies! Naturally, this has bled into my work but more than that, I love writing essays about the films I’ve loved and adored. One day, I hope to have an essay published by my favourite film publication, Bright Wall Dark Room.

Other Stuff I Do