Angry Reader of the Week: Leena Pendharkar

"I tell stories, I ask questions, a lot of questions."


Who are you?

A writer, a director, a reader, a teacher, a mom and a friend.

What are you?

A human first, above everything, but also a woman and a storyteller.

Where are you?

In Los Angeles, sitting on my couch.

Where are you from?

Always a loaded question, but I grew up in North Carolina, and am the daughter of Indian immigrants. I've lived on the west coast for 18 years, so I am a Californian now too.

What do you do?

I tell stories, I ask questions, a lot of questions. Sometimes my questions lead me nowhere, but then they often force me to go deeper, and that's when I start writing something, and thinking about how it can be a story or a movie even.

What are you all about?

I am about defining one's existence the way one chooses, and living truthfully. And digging deeper, never stopping to ask questions.

What makes you angry?

So many things. I have have to work really hard at not being angry about everything. LOL. But human violence, and the harm that it does to people, especially children, really bothers me.

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