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Ishan Raval

Writer and publisher at <span class="not-italic font-text_font lg:text-[18px] text-[16px] font-bold claimed">megh2s</span>
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Seasoned writer, editor, and philosopher with extensive experience in publishing, journalism, and cultural criticism.
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Location
Brooklyn, New York, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Hindi Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Gujarati Native or bilingual proficiency
Skills
  • Writing
  • Editing
  • Journalism
  • Philosophy
  • Critical Theory
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Ishan Raval is a seasoned writer, editor, and philosopher with extensive experience in publishing, journalism, and cultural criticism. He has worked as a writer and publisher, freelance writer, tutor, head columnist, grant writer, incubator fellow, artist-in-residence, model, hand model, actor, field organizer, field manager, cultural researcher, electoral website co-creator, columnist, editor, technical writer, copy editor, intern/artist-in-residence, server, line cook, farm volunteer, and miscellaneous breath. He holds a B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy & English Literature from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in North Indian Classical Vocal Music from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya.

Experience

  • megh2s
    • Writer and publisher
      • Aug 2023 - Present

      Developing a novel conception of the Good for society to be based on and oriented around.

  • Technology, nonprofit, advertising sectors
    • Freelance Writer
      • Apr 2017 - Present

      Marketing material, grant writing and other deliverables for corporate and nonprofit organizations in the technology and environmental sectors

  • Harlem Children's Zone
    • New York, New York, United States
    • Tutor
      • Jan 2023 - Sep 2023
      • New York, New York, United States

      Afterschool tutoring for high school students in English, mathematics and social sciences.

  • The Free Lunch Commission
    • Head Columnist
      • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

      Quarterly essays in print on a range of political and cultural themesMagazine shut down after two issues

  • Self-Employed
    • Grant Writer
      • Feb 2019 - Dec 2019

      Working mainly with The People’s Seed, a nonprofit based in Durham, NC advocating for open-source plant-genetics.

  • Los Angeles Review of Books
    • Los Angeles, CA
    • Incubator Fellow
      • Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
      • Los Angeles, CA
  • MuseumsQuartier
    • Vienna
    • Artist In Residence
      • Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
      • Vienna

      Worked on a long-term personal writing project, acted in a speaking role in Je Suis Auto, produced by monochrom (releasing in April 2019), gave lecture "In Defense of the Common Existence of Great Art in Dark Times" at Paraflows Symposium.

  • NYLO Model & Talent Agency
    • San Francisco Bay Area
    • Model, Hand Model, Actor
      • Sep 2016 - Jun 2018
      • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Glossary of Broken Dreams
    • Award-winning feature film co-writer
      • Jul 2017 - Mar 2018

      Feature film produced by monochrom.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7209510/Winner of Best Austrian Feature Film at 2018 Austrian Independent Film Festival, Best Experimental Film at 2018 Subversive Cinema Awards, Best Feature Documentary Foreign at 2018 Indie Gathering Awards, Best Hacker Film at 201...

  • Clean Water Action
    • Oakland
    • Field Organizer, Field Manager
      • Dec 2016 - Dec 2017
      • Oakland
  • Dial House
    • San Francisco, California, United States
    • Cultural Researcher
      • Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
      • San Francisco, California, United States

      Cultural theory-based brand strategy (single-project contract)

  • www.MakeMineCount.com
    • Electoral website - Co-creator
      • Aug 2016 - Nov 2016

      Website to facilitate voluntary vote-swapping between would-be Clinton voters in blue states and would-be third-party voters in swing states

  • Technician
    • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
    • Columnist and Editor
      • Aug 2012 - Feb 2015
      • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

      • Writing a weekly column; editing Opinion section two nights out of five in Fall &#39;13, one night in Spring &#39;13, three nights at start of Fall &#39;13• Held positions of Guest Columnist, Staff Columnist, Senior Staff Columnist, Deputy Viewpoint/Opinion Editor, Viewpoint/Opinion Editor• Sam...

  • Marshall and Co.
    • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
    • Technical Writer, Copy Editor
      • Dec 2013 - Jan 2014
      • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
  • monochrom
    • Vienna, Austria
    • Intern/Artist-in-Resistance
      • May 2013 - Aug 2013
      • Vienna, Austria

      • Co-writing screenplay (Over Lunch)• Copy-editing essays for Arse Elektronika (annual conference exploring intersections of sex and technology) anthology(monochrom is an international art-technology-philosophy collective.)

  • Various
    • Miscellaneous Breath
      • Jan 1922 - Jan 1922

      Server at Blue Mango - Raleigh, NC - May 2015-Aug 2015Line Cook at Ippudo - Berkeley, CA - Jan 2018 - Jun 2018 Farm Volunteer at Clodrahammer - near Berga, Thuringen, Germany - July 2018Server at Brewery Bhavana - Raleigh, NC - March 2019-Sept. 2019

Education

  • 2011 - 2015
    North Carolina State University
  • 2004 - 2011
    Gandharva Mahavidyalaya

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