Episode 62: Back to the Future - Ashank, MA English

04/09/22 • 9 min

In this episode we meet 2019 English graduate Ashank Chandra and chat spontaneity, silver linings, and dealing with external expectations.
Each episode is a snapshot, a moment, a sneak inside the minds of our graduates. In season 3 we talk to graduates about going back. But is it back to the beginning or back to the future?
Ashank Chandra is a professional trainer and facilitator working in the ESL field. He is particularly interested in the relationship between the brain and language learning, language rules, and how children and adults learn unconsciously.
Whether it is returning home after graduation, returning to Edinburgh after adventures elsewhere, or just returning to a place that felt like the past but turned out to be the future, season 3 of Multi Story Edinburgh explores how going back is never life in reverse.
All opinions expressed are those of the individual and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Edinburgh.
Multi Story Edinburgh has been created and produced by the Alumni Relations team at the University of Edinburgh. If you are interested in telling your story, please get in touch and let's talk.
Music: Since When by Mise Darling from freemusicarchive.org
Artwork: Vector created by vectorjuice / Freepik

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Multi Story Edinburgh - Episode 62: Back to the Future - Ashank, MA English

Transcript

Voiceover 0:11 This is a snapshot, a moment, a sneak inside the minds of our graduates. This is season three, back to the beginning or back to the future?

Ashank 0:24 So right now I'm in New Delhi, India, I'm in the southern part of the city, I live with my parents. It's an apartment. I was born and raised in the same city.

Voiceover 0:35 Ashank Chandra. 2019 English graduate.

Ashank 0:42

I was in Edinburgh for almost a year and a half. After that I was in Russia fo