Mohana Rajakumar (@moha_doha) is an American-Tamil (currently residing in Qatar) novelist, comic, scholar and screenwriter with a PhD in English.
She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss moving to Qatar in her 20s, the importance of letting your children try everything (nurturing the generalist in them), how she manages her finances as a creative, leveraging Kickstarter to launch her films, writing nine books in nine years, being a meticulous planner, and so much more.
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– Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/moha_doha/)
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Timestamps
00:19 – Ara introduces this week’s guest, Mohana Rajakumar
01:21 – Mohana speaks on her formative teenage years
06:15 – Her decision to move from Canada to the United States
07:13 – Moving to Qatar; impact on her personal and professional life
10:58 – Identifying as Indian versus Tamil
13:18 – Starting a branch of Georgetown University in Qatar
16:48 – Does she take offence to not being referred to as “Dr. Mohana?”
18:26 – Her show “Being Brown is my Superpower”
23:07 – Having short films screened globally; and what she’s working on now
34:25 – Do Mohana’s friends/family support her creative career?
39:01 – How she manages her finances as a creative
43:17 – What she would tell her 16-year-old self
43:51 – The personal legacy she wants to leave behind/be remembered for
44:43 – Creator Confessions
54:41 – The Wrap Up
Intro Music
Produced And Mixed By:
– The Tamil Creator
– Yanchan
Written By:
– Aravinthan Ehamparam
– Yanchan Rajmohan
