EP #106: Mohana Rajakumar - American Creative Living In Qatar Sharing Her Storytelling Journey As An Author, Filmmaker & Standup Comic

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.Follow Mohana:- Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/moha_doha/) Timestamps00:19 - Ara introduces this week’s guest, Mohana Rajakumar01:21 - Mohana speaks on her formative teenage years06:15 - Her decision to move from Canada to the United States07:13 - Moving to Qatar; impact on her personal and professional life10:58 - Identifying as Indian versus Tamil13:18 - Starting a branch of Georgetown University in Qatar16:48 - 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 now34:25 - Do Mohana’s friends/family support her creative career?39:01 - How she manages her finances as a creative43:17 - What she would tell her 16-year-old self43:51 - The personal legacy she wants to leave behind/be remembered for44:43 - Creator Confessions54:41 - The Wrap UpIntro MusicProduced And Mixed By:- The Tamil Creator- YanchanWritten By:- Aravinthan Ehamparam- Yanchan Rajmohan    Support the show