Dhruti Shah
@dhrutishah.bsky.social
Writer/Journalist/Storyteller/ On an adventure. Bylines featured on The Guardian, The Washington Post, the BBC, The New Humanitarian, New Humanist. Podcaster and Newsletter Writer at Have You Thought About. Public Speaker and more. www.dhrutishah.com
Some thoughts haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
The BBC is a behemoth but don't forget it's made up of human beings
We talk of it in the abstract but
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November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Some thoughts haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
Tentatively planning Season Six of my Have You Thought About podcast... and now to go through the list of hopeful guests and make sure it's evenly spread... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Have You Thought About
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated weekly · Have You Thought About is for those at a reckoning. Join us as host Dhruti Shah, a writer and poet, speaks to inspiring guests about how they use their pas...
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October 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Tentatively planning Season Six of my Have You Thought About podcast... and now to go through the list of hopeful guests and make sure it's evenly spread... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
An absolute win to get my first book review in the @newscientist.com and it's for @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social's The Whispers of Rock!
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
The Whispers of Rock is a personal journey through aeons of geology
In her new book, earth scientist Anjana Khatwa writes a love letter to Earth's rocks and mountains, offering a passionate blend of science and spirituality
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October 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
An absolute win to get my first book review in the @newscientist.com and it's for @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social's The Whispers of Rock!
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
I went to review Scenes from The Climate Era this week and also grew a lot of tomatoes... haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/getting-cl...
Getting Closer to Nature....
A Review of Scenes from The Climate Era and other environmental touchpoints
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October 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I went to review Scenes from The Climate Era this week and also grew a lot of tomatoes... haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/getting-cl...
In print and online but a first person from me in The Guardian on learning to trust strangers (and also travel)
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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: An accident left me terrified of risk. Then I joined a stranger on a motorbike adventure
We rode through the dark, through winding mountain roads to reach scenic nooks I otherwise would never have seen. From then, I had the confidence to make friends and travel more
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July 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
In print and online but a first person from me in The Guardian on learning to trust strangers (and also travel)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Finally found some time to write about how nature seeps into everything. I guess you just have to tell the universe about the path you are on sometimes.
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Nature books, finding faith in a museum and the power of sound
When everything comes in all at once.
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May 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Finally found some time to write about how nature seeps into everything. I guess you just have to tell the universe about the path you are on sometimes.
haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/nature-boo...
haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/nature-boo...
Putting it out there
May 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Putting it out there
Was inspired by all the conversations happening at the Truth Tellers Summit organised by @sirharrysummit.bsky.social that I finally got round to this month's Substack newsletter! haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/immersed-i...
Immersed in Truth and Understanding 'Meaning Making'.
Building bridges and communities
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May 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Was inspired by all the conversations happening at the Truth Tellers Summit organised by @sirharrysummit.bsky.social that I finally got round to this month's Substack newsletter! haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/immersed-i...
I put a note out saying that I needed more paid work and fewer offers to work for free. And I still got messages asking me to work for free for exposure.
May 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I put a note out saying that I needed more paid work and fewer offers to work for free. And I still got messages asking me to work for free for exposure.
Oopsie to being an autistic poet. haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/my-autisti...
My 'autistic' poetry apparently shouldn't exist. Ooops.
Some thoughts on stereotypes
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April 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Oopsie to being an autistic poet. haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/my-autisti...
Philippa Larbi is a cake designer but how does her past career in opera and law help her with her entrepreneur journey?
Philippa is the final guest on Season Five of my Have You Thought About podcast focusing on those with interdisciplinary lives.
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Philippa is the final guest on Season Five of my Have You Thought About podcast focusing on those with interdisciplinary lives.
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Have You Thought About: Cake Designs, Opera Singing, and the Art of Mediation
Philippa Larbi has built up a reputation as a classy cake designer but how does her legal career and a passion for singing opera fit into her life?
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April 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Philippa Larbi is a cake designer but how does her past career in opera and law help her with her entrepreneur journey?
Philippa is the final guest on Season Five of my Have You Thought About podcast focusing on those with interdisciplinary lives.
podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
Philippa is the final guest on Season Five of my Have You Thought About podcast focusing on those with interdisciplinary lives.
podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
Dr Alina Patelli is a responsible AI enthusiast who grew up in post-Communist Romania. She is also a member of the @ukyoungacademy.bsky.social and here we discuss how she is she taking her data and using it in health and other spheres.
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Listen to Have You Thought About: podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
March 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Dr Alina Patelli is a responsible AI enthusiast who grew up in post-Communist Romania. She is also a member of the @ukyoungacademy.bsky.social and here we discuss how she is she taking her data and using it in health and other spheres.
Listen to Have You Thought About: podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
Listen to Have You Thought About: podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
Poet and brand strategist @betarish.bsky.social is skilled at playing with words but influences his creativity?
Listen to our conversation with top takeaways at Have You Thought About. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Listen to our conversation with top takeaways at Have You Thought About. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Have You Thought About: Poetry, Committees, and Attracting Attention in A Crowded Market
Rishi Dastidar is a poet, brand strategist and copywriter but how did he find the confidence to find his voice in what can be a competitive sphere?
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March 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Poet and brand strategist @betarish.bsky.social is skilled at playing with words but influences his creativity?
Listen to our conversation with top takeaways at Have You Thought About. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
Listen to our conversation with top takeaways at Have You Thought About. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
Finland's the happiest country in the world. Again. It's not that surprising that it's now hitting the upcoming destination lists for travellers. I went not so long ago and wrote about how my mood was lifted for @theipaper.com
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I've found my perfect mood-lifting city break, in the world's 'happiest' country
Oulu, a European Capital of Culture for 2026, may be just 60 miles south of Arctic Circle – but it offers a warm welcome
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March 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Finland's the happiest country in the world. Again. It's not that surprising that it's now hitting the upcoming destination lists for travellers. I went not so long ago and wrote about how my mood was lifted for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
First episode of Season Five of my Have You Thought About podcast involves a conversation with spatial enthusiast and academic Tina Samie. We discuss growing up in Iran, her passion for architecture, connected environments and the internet of things and much more.
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March 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
First episode of Season Five of my Have You Thought About podcast involves a conversation with spatial enthusiast and academic Tina Samie. We discuss growing up in Iran, her passion for architecture, connected environments and the internet of things and much more.
podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
Dropped the trailer for Season Five of Have You Thought About. Have listen and subscribe for the upcoming episodes podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
March 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Dropped the trailer for Season Five of Have You Thought About. Have listen and subscribe for the upcoming episodes podfollow.com/have-you-tho...
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There’s an Urdu name for a “Jack of all trades” that translates to “every talent Lord.” A Korean version is “eight direction beauty.” But my favourite name for someone who tries their hand at lots of different things is the Lithuanian Barbė devyndarbė. It means “Barbie nine jobs”
March 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
There’s an Urdu name for a “Jack of all trades” that translates to “every talent Lord.” A Korean version is “eight direction beauty.” But my favourite name for someone who tries their hand at lots of different things is the Lithuanian Barbė devyndarbė. It means “Barbie nine jobs”
Thinking a lot about life shifts and taking ownership of stories. A few jottings. But the pandemic was a life-shifter. I interviewed so many people whose loved ones died and those legacies, those conversations have never left me.
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How did the pandemic change your life?
It was a catalyst and involved taking risks but it's been a slow journey to rebuilding a community
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March 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thinking a lot about life shifts and taking ownership of stories. A few jottings. But the pandemic was a life-shifter. I interviewed so many people whose loved ones died and those legacies, those conversations have never left me.
haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/how-did-th...
haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/how-did-th...
It feels good when you've had eight people ask where they can buy your poetry book. Now to make sure I have enough poems to submit to call outs and publishers..
March 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It feels good when you've had eight people ask where they can buy your poetry book. Now to make sure I have enough poems to submit to call outs and publishers..
Reposted by Dhruti Shah
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
What a mess. International relations?
February 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
What a mess. International relations?
Kept a lot of my spoken word secret for a while as I used to be in spaces where the poetry I was surrounded by filled conventional rules and I never felt quite good enough. But now am sharing in spaces where people have diverse histories and the reception has been so positive.
February 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Kept a lot of my spoken word secret for a while as I used to be in spaces where the poetry I was surrounded by filled conventional rules and I never felt quite good enough. But now am sharing in spaces where people have diverse histories and the reception has been so positive.
Adventures in science for the @ukyoungacademy.bsky.social when we took part in the @sciencecouncil.bsky.social Annual General Assembly. ukyoungacademy.org/blog/buildin...
Building Relationships in Global Science | UK Young Academy
Our members, Sandeep Sandhu and Dhruti Shah, share key takeaways from the recent International Science Council (ISC) General Assembly and Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue in Oman
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February 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Adventures in science for the @ukyoungacademy.bsky.social when we took part in the @sciencecouncil.bsky.social Annual General Assembly. ukyoungacademy.org/blog/buildin...
It's been a tough start to the year work-wise. More rejections than successes so far. I'm always happy to show up and keep going. If people like what I do, then I also have a Ko-Fi patron account which does help me keep going in what's been a colder climate than I had hoped. ko-fi.com/dhrutishah
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February 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It's been a tough start to the year work-wise. More rejections than successes so far. I'm always happy to show up and keep going. If people like what I do, then I also have a Ko-Fi patron account which does help me keep going in what's been a colder climate than I had hoped. ko-fi.com/dhrutishah