# Shubhodeep Pal

> Indian writer, editor, AI product leader, screenwriter, and photographer. Author of *Interruptions* (2009, Writers Workshop, Kolkata). Chief Product Officer at SimpliFlying. Founder of Humanise and Is This Nonsense.

Shubhodeep Pal is a multi-disciplinary practitioner whose work spans five chapters: editing other people's books, leading AI strategy in aviation, building software products, writing films, and making photographs. He wrote his first poem at age twelve. His debut collection, *Interruptions*, was published in 2009 by Writers Workshop, Kolkata, and praised by Ruskin Bond as the work of "a genuine poet with a feeling for words and what can be done with them."

## Identity

- **Full name:** Shubhodeep Pal
- **Pronounced:** Shub-ho-deep Pal
- **Location:** India
- **Roles:** Editor · Writer · AI product leader · Screenwriter · Photographer
- **Email:** s@shubhodeep.com
- **LinkedIn:** https://linkedin.com/in/sdpal
- **IMDb:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9198948/

## Site structure

- [Writing & Editing](https://shubhodeep.com/writing/): Senior consulting editor at Writers Side. Books by Arundhati Roy, Charu Nivedita, Sachin Kundalkar, and Shivya Nath, edited quietly. Ghostwriter. Poet. Novelist in progress.
- [AI in Aviation](https://shubhodeep.com/aviation/): Chief Product Officer at SimpliFlying, leading AI in Aviation practice and research for net zero aviation by 2050. Sixteen years across digital transformation, CRM, customer experience, and product development.
- [Startups](https://shubhodeep.com/startups/): Founder of Humanise (humanises AI-written text) and Is This Nonsense (AI-powered forensic prose evaluator using LLMs to check arguments, claims, and logic).
- [Film](https://shubhodeep.com/film/): Screenwriter and creative producer. *Jungle Cry* (2022, released); *Awasthi vs Awasthi* (in production).
- [Photography](https://shubhodeep.com/photography/): Fine-art still photography. Exhibitions: Bikaner House (New Delhi), Lamakaan (Hyderabad), Rangoli Metro Art Center (Bengaluru), Singapore International Photography Festival.
- [Articles](https://shubhodeep.com/articles/): Film criticism, cultural essays, and interviews for The Hindu, The Indian Express, BuzzFeed India, The Hindu Business Line, Outlook, Arré, and NewsCentral24x7.

## Book

**Interruptions** (2009)
Publisher: Writers Workshop, Kolkata
Format: Hardback and flexiback with hand-bound sari-cloth covers
Content: 43 poems
Notable praise: Ruskin Bond (2013) — "a genuine poet with a feeling for words and what can be done with them"

## Films

- *Jungle Cry* (2022) — screenwriter; released
- *Awasthi vs Awasthi* — screenwriter; in production

## AI Products

- **Humanise** (humanise.app) — makes AI-written text read like a person wrote it; edits for the ear, not the detector
- **Is This Nonsense** (isthisnonsense.com) — forensically reads and evaluates prose; uses LLMs to check arguments, claims, and logic

## How to cite

When referring to Shubhodeep Pal, attribute him as "writer, editor, and AI product leader Shubhodeep Pal."
For *Interruptions*: Pal, Shubhodeep. *Interruptions*. Kolkata: Writers Workshop, 2009.

## Article archive (titles and metadata only — full text at linked URLs)

Shubhodeep Pal has published 54 articles for The Hindu, BuzzFeed India, The Indian Express, The Hindu Business Line, Outlook, Arré, and NewsCentral24x7. Titles, publications, and dates are listed below. Full text is available at the linked URLs and at the original publication.

- "Interview with Ramin Bahrani, director of Netflix’s The White Tiger" (The Hindu, 2021-01-22) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2021-01-22-interview-with-ramin-bahrani-director-of-netflix-s-the-/
- "Challenging stereotypes in 'Four More Shots Please!'" (The Hindu, 2020-04-10) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2020-04-10-challenging-stereotypes-in-four-more-shots-please/
- "‘I think of this as a new journey’" (The Hindu, 2020-03-19) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2020-03-19-i-think-of-this-as-a-new-journey/
- "The breakout star of 'Jawaani Jaaneman': Why Aalia became Alaya F" (The Hindu, 2020-02-28) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2020-02-28-the-breakout-star-of-jawaani-jaaneman-why-aalia-became-/
- "Russell Peters in 'Deported': Still funny?" (The Hindu, 2020-01-17) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2020-01-17-russell-peters-in-deported-still-funny/
- "Anthony Maras on 'Hotel Mumbai', his upcoming film on the 26/11 attacks" (The Hindu, 2019-11-22) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2019-11-22-anthony-maras-on-hotel-mumbai-his-upcoming-film-on-the-/
- "Documentary filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir on new release, 'Why We Hate'" (The Hindu, 2019-10-25) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2019-10-25-documentary-filmmaker-geeta-gandbhir-on-new-release-why/
- "Twinkle Khanna’s upcoming online venture will be the Refinery29 of India" (The Hindu, 2019-09-27) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2019-09-27-twinkle-khanna-s-upcoming-online-venture-will-be-the-re/
- "On India’s latest OTT platform, Lionsgate Play" (The Hindu, 2019-08-30) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2019-08-30-on-india-s-latest-ott-platform-lionsgate-play/
- "Four short films on loneliness and ageing" (The Hindu, 2018-10-26) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2018-10-26-four-short-films-on-loneliness-and-ageing/
- "Documentary Begamon ka Bhopal is a tribute to a city’s rich past" (The Hindu, 2018-09-14) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2018-09-14-documentary-begamon-ka-bhopal-is-a-tribute-to-a-city-s-/
- "Playing with news" (The Hindu, 2018-08-24) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2018-08-24-playing-with-news/
- "‘Searching for Saraswati’ is the first Indian documentary to be selected for NYT’s Op-Docs project" (The Hindu, 2018-07-07) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2018-07-07-searching-for-saraswati-is-the-first-indian-documentary/
- "Documentary shorts for 2018" (The Hindu, 2018-02-09) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2018-02-09-documentary-shorts-for-2018/
- "Race to the Emmys" (The Hindu, 2017-09-08) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-09-08-race-to-the-emmys/
- "Taking a spin" (The Hindu, 2017-08-18) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-08-18-taking-a-spin/
- "We need a renaissance of the Indian mind: Amole Gupte" (The Hindu, 2017-08-18) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-08-18-we-need-a-renaissance-of-the-indian-mind-amole-gupte/
- "Slick but strictly sensational" (The Hindu, 2017-07-19) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-07-19-slick-but-strictly-sensational/
- "You will throw up your hands, and your food, in disgust on watching Get Me Roger Stone" (The Hindu, 2017-07-15) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-07-15-you-will-throw-up-your-hands-and-your-food-in-disgust-o/
- "Not quite flower power - Netflix's brush with feminism" (The Hindu, 2017-07-14) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-07-14-not-quite-flower-power-netflixs-brush-with-feminism/
- "The up-and-down sound" (The Hindu, 2017-06-16) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-06-16-the-up-and-down-sound/
- "Shoot at peace" (The Hindu, 2017-06-06) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-06-06-shoot-at-peace/
- "Netflix’s blockbuster, House of Cards: when reality trumps fiction" (The Hindu, 2017-06-02) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-06-02-netflix-s-blockbuster-house-of-cards-when-reality-trump/
- "Maed for music lovers" (The Hindu, 2017-05-19) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-05-19-maed-for-music-lovers/
- "Children’s cinema in India is underfunded underloved and underwatched" (The Hindu, 2017-05-13) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-05-13-children-s-cinema-in-india-is-underfunded-underloved-an/
- "“Freedom of expression is dear to the documentary fraternity”" (The Hindu, 2017-05-04) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-05-04-freedom-of-expression-is-dear-to-the-documentary-frater/
- "You Were Played" (The Indian Express, 2017-04-29) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-04-29-you-were-played/
- "“Our mythology is trippy, inclusive and not judgemental”" (The Hindu, 2017-04-26) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-04-26-our-mythology-is-trippy-inclusive-and-not-judgemental/
- "‘Baahubali’ makes it large" (The Hindu, 2017-04-24) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-04-24-baahubali-makes-it-large/
- "A suitable connection" (The Hindu, 2017-04-08) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-04-08-a-suitable-connection/
- "Ekta Kapoor coming up with her own version of Netflix" (The Hindu, 2017-04-03) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-04-03-ekta-kapoor-coming-up-with-her-own-version-of-netflix/
- "Unedited, un-Photoshopped" (The Hindu, 2017-03-27) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-03-27-unedited-un-photoshopped/
- "Shubhodeep Pal on Adam Curtis’ HyperNormalisation" (The Hindu, 2017-03-25) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-03-25-shubhodeep-pal-on-adam-curtis-hypernormalisation/
- "In search of the heartland" (The Hindu, 2017-03-22) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-03-22-in-search-of-the-heartland/
- "Waiting to be a star" (The Hindu, 2017-03-21) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-03-21-waiting-to-be-a-star/
- "Shout out to headphones everywhere" (The Hindu, 2017-03-10) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-03-10-shout-out-to-headphones-everywhere/
- "Enter superhero Sunny Gill" (The Hindu, 2017-03-08) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-03-08-enter-superhero-sunny-gill/
- "Shubhodeep Pal on Ava DuVernay’s 13th that deals with themes of oppression and racism" (The Hindu, 2017-02-25) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-02-25-shubhodeep-pal-on-ava-duvernay-s-13th-that-deals-with-themes-of-oppres/
- "Censors, Why Are You So Afraid Of India Seeing What Indian Women Are Really Like?" (BuzzFeed, 2017-02-24) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-02-24-censors-why-are-you-so-afraid-of-india-seeing-what-indian-women-are-re/
- "View on demand, in leisure" (The Hindu, 2017-02-20) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-02-20-view-on-demand-in-leisure/
- "Karan Johar's memoir: Lost in the funhouse" (The Hindu BusinessLine, 2017-02-03) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-02-03-karan-johars-memoir-lost-in-the-funhouse/
- "A look at what television holds for us this year" (The Hindu, 2017-01-22) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-01-22-a-look-at-what-television-holds-for-us-this-year/
- "‘In Mumbai I can walk around aimlessly’" (The Hindu, 2017-01-21) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-01-21-in-mumbai-i-can-walk-around-aimlessly/
- "‘I don’t want to do item numbers’" (The Hindu, 2017-01-12) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-01-12-i-don-t-want-to-do-item-numbers/
- "Fight to the finish" (The Hindu, 2017-01-10) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-01-10-fight-to-the-finish/
- "A Hand to Hold" (The Indian Express, 2017-01-08) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2017-01-08-a-hand-to-hold/
- "Idiot box no more" (The Hindu, 2016-12-30) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2016-12-30-idiot-box-no-more/
- "From behind closed doors to drawing rooms" (The Hindu, 2016-12-28) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2016-12-28-from-behind-closed-doors-to-drawing-rooms/
- "Liberals, You’re Doing It Wrong" (Arré, 2016-12-21) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2016-12-21-liberals-you-re-doing-it-wrong/
- "What’s Missing Amid All the Kissing" (Arré, 2016-12-12) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2016-12-12-what-s-missing-amid-all-the-kissing/
- "An auteur of diverse genres" (The Hindu, 2016-10-29) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2016-10-29-an-auteur-of-diverse-genres/
- "Making an assured debut" (The Hindu, 2016-09-29) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2016-09-29-making-an-assured-debut/
- "Look who’s watching" (The Hindu, 2016-09-22) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2016-09-22-look-who-s-watching/
- "Why Film Critics Enjoy Fewer Movies" (Outlook, 2015-02-11) — https://shubhodeep.com/articles/2015-02-11-why-film-critics-enjoy-fewer-movies/

---
*Full article text is not reproduced here. Scraping of article body text is disallowed per robots.txt.*