Priyanka Gupta

Priyanka Gupta is a Computer Science graduate from IIT Delhi who now calls herself an itinerant writer. Growing up in patriarchal North India, she never thought of travelling. But she could always be found devouring story books, if not gallivanting around her garden or the neighbourhood. After being laid off in 2016, Priyanka visited Southeast Asia and South America, solo. The year-long trip made her hungrier for adventure, like she was as a little girl. Rather than sitting with her shoulders drooped in a cubicle, Priyanka was now running amok with joy again. She couldn’t sit still anymore.

From clambering up into the snowy Himalayas to getting heatstroke in Goa, learning Spanish from an old Chilean countrywoman, and forgetting to get a visa, Priyanka has done a few things, mostly amusing ones. Meanwhile, she took up writing to share her ideas and create stories like those she loves. Priyanka runs a personal growth and travel blog, On My Canvas, and a weekly newsletter. Here she writes about the wonderful world, its colourful people, and how a step out of our door can change us forever. Now without an address of her own, Priyanka travels around with her partner, writing, discovering, and stealing fruits from orchards.