Harshal Pushkarna
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Author · Speaker · Explorer · Educator

Stories that make knowledge travel.

Author, editor and publisher. Speaker and explorer. I turn science, history, travel and human courage into stories — for readers, audiences, students, and the children of the Himalaya.

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I have spent my working life doing one thing in many forms: taking knowledge seriously, and telling it well. As an author and editor. As a publisher. On stage, on trails, on screens — and on classroom floors in the villages of Uttarakhand.

— HARSHAL PUSHKARNA

What I do

One purpose, many rooms.

Books & Publications

From the shelf.

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Public speaking

Talks that make curiosity contagious.

I speak about the things I keep returning to — curiosity and science, travel and history, the valour of India's bravest, and the discipline of learning on your own.

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Photograph · children in a Jignasa session

Jignasa Club

Where questions matter more than answers.

Jignasa means the urge to know. The Jignasa Club helps children honour that urge — through stories, questions, observation and real-world thinking. We don't teach children what to think. We help them fall in love with thinking.

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Projects

Platforms I've built and co-built.

Watch

Recent stories on screen.

More on YouTube ↗
A history story

A history story · 12 min

A science explainer

A science explainer · 9 min

A Himalayan journey

A Himalayan journey · 15 min

"Our students were still asking questions a week after the session. That has never happened before."

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Get in touch

Bring a story to your stage.

Have a stage, a classroom, or an idea worth exploring together? I'd be glad to hear from you.

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