Pankaj Dubey is a pop culture storyteller, a bilingual novelist with Penguin Random House, a columnist, podcaster, and curator of leading literary festivals.  A former broadcaster with BBC World Service, London, he now hosts the YouTube show Small Towns Big Stories. His bestselling novels include What a Loser!, Ishqiyapa, Love Curry, Trending in Love and his latest Penguin release One String Attached.  He has initiated the Sadak Chhaap Film Festival, a street film festival for children in slums and villages. He is known for bringing small-town stories to global platforms.