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"With 3 runs to get off around 3 overs, Rishabh whacked the ball to long-off for a four and the Indian dressing room emptied onto the Gabba ground. History will never forget this Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and neither will we."
Writing
After writing my fair share of essays and analytical pieces in high school, I came to an engineering college. By stroke of fate, I ended up in both the writing club (Renesa) and the literary society (LAC), and the spark in me was ignited. I started writing creatively, exploring new genres, and got addicted to the thrill of creating content. Check out my written work below:
Renesa
I am the former Chief Editor of Renesa - The Official Media and Publication House of NIT Surat. In my 3.25 years here from October 2018 to January 2022, I revolutionized Renesa and worked on multiple projects in numerous fields, including magazines, yearbooks, podcasts, journalism, website design, social media, and eventually, management. Check out my work for Renesa below:
Sportskeeda
I am a Contributor at the global sports and esports website, Sportskeeda. I mostly write articles about the beautiful sport of cricket and have 6 published articles on the platform, with a collective total of 5150+ reads so far. Check out my published Sportskeeda articles below:
Fiction
Growing up, I didn't just read books; I consumed them. When I found a book I liked, everything else came second. Reading so much contributed immensely to my development as a writer by fueling my imagination and exposing me to a variety of cultures and worlds. Check out my fictional stories below:
Poetry
For 2 years in IB English HL Literature class, I analyzed poetry. When I finally churned out 2 poems of my own, "The Boy" and "The Flea Epilogue", I realized that I could do much more. After falling in love with poetry in high school, I wrote several more poems in college, published them, and entered several poetry competitions along the way. Check out my poems below:
Sports
I am an ardent follower of cricket, immersed in both watching and playing the sport. I breathe cricket. I am also a long-distance runner (cross country and track athlete) and a former rugby player. Check out my sports-related articles below:
UPSC CSE
I cleared the 2024 UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination held on 16 June, 2024 and was fortunate enough to find myself amongst the top 14,627 candidates in India who were selected to write the 2024 CSE Mains.
I have recently given the 2024 UPSC Civil Services (Main) Examination held from 20-29 September, 2024 & I'm awaiting my results. Check out my UPSC-related content and guidance below:
Cricket Adda
I absolutely love everything about cricket and that includes talking about it and analyzing cricket-related matters endlessly. I've appeared several times as a guest panelist on the cricket talk show and podcast "Cricket Adda". Check out the podcast episodes I've featured in below:
YouTube
My YouTube channel contains videos of a writing & editing workshop I conducted at my college (SVNIT Surat), my on-stage performance at an open mic event organized by "Dead Poets Society Surat", and Guidance Sessions for UPSC CSE Aspirants, with a collective total of 3.1k+ views so far. Subscribe to the channel for some more great content coming soon:
What people have said about me and my work:
"It was so good. I read it with goosebumps all over my body throughout the article and not for once I felt like I knew it already. Felt like some kind of motivational story. Made me so proud yet emotional. Thank you for writing this and introducing me to all these emotions. Each line and word was important to know the whole story and feel those emotions. Such a rollercoaster ride."
- (About the article "Bruised But Not Battered")
"I hope that you will always remember to feed your soul with literature. It was a pleasure being your teacher Sumant and I hope that you will continue to be as excited in learning as you are humble. The world needs this goodness, this humility - there are too many raging egos and what is needed are educated and wise voices in these crucial times. I know that you will be one of those in whatever you do."
IB ENGLISH TEACHER,
AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PARIS
"Thanks Sumant! It was a really enriching experience for me. It definitely gave much clarity and confidence that prelims is very much doable provided you are following right strategy. Honestly, your words were exactly what I needed to hear. Thanks for the efforts."
- (About the video "How to Crack UPSC CSE 2025 Prelims")
"This is the best narrative video I have heard from any UPSC aspirant. As you seem well matured beyond age congrats for ur prelims clearance in your first attempt Can I know your age sir & don't take it as wrong I just thought to know like how can a person could give a organized detailing information as best at this age???"
- (About the video "How to Crack UPSC CSE 2025 Prelims")
"Thankyou so much bhaiya for your insights. You really made things easy and clear. Especially about the MisFits lectures about how to go through them. Looking forward to CSAT video"
- (About the video "How to Crack UPSC CSE 2025 Prelims")
"The reigns of this hearse. Loved the choice of words. Enjoyed reading the article."
- (About the article "Bruised But Not Battered")
"Ayy, good read. That mess refund detail was fun. Relatable toh bilkul tha, but it was a bit of a heartbreak too. I mean, a proper realisation that it's all fiction comes very late into the story."
- (About the article "The Return from One Home to Another")
"Well written, bruh."
- (About the article "How Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant have stabilized India's limited-overs batting order")
"Great read! Felt goosebumps at the end." ... "That's the power of writing my boi! Keep writing gold like this! ❤❤❤"
- (About the article "Bruised But Not Battered")
"Great job man, i could picture everything."
- (About the article "The Return from One Home to Another")
"Thank you for letting us freshers experience a little bit of the college life vicariously through these posts."
- (About the "SVNIT Tales" series )
"Probably the best first day experience I have ever heard, read or listened."
- (About the post "The Day It All Began")
"But sumant sir really these tales gave us joy by knowing what we will enjoy in the upcoming years but also made us realise what we are missing right now."
- (About the "SVNIT Tales" series)
"It’s an absolute delight reading these anecdotes Sonu. For students like me who haven’t had the privilege of experiencing college life due to the pandemic, the anticipation for a return to normalcy becomes more and more exciting. Looking forward to more great stories from you."
- (About the "SVNIT Tales" series)
"Beautifully written...thanks for this...much needed in these desperate times...made my day."
- (About the post "SVNIT Tales #9")
"Bas kar pagle rulayega kya. No words to describe this legend. This is not just a post, but an emotion. Well written buddy. Aag laga di."
- (About the article "Mahendra Singh Dhoni - A Phenomenon")
