Myopia (By T. Bijoy Idicheriah) I pointed to the skies. Showed him the moon The stars, the clouds... Then turned & pointed to Lands beyond the horizon. To all that the world had on offer He looked at me & said, “Your nails are dirty!” #poem

MumBye - Bijoy Your eyes will burn Your nose will leak Your throat will hurt Your lungs will wheeze “We are upgrading” They will say. Subtitle: Suffer in Peace And then, One day when the dust settles We will see What we have gained And what we have lost, And at what cost

I recorded a cool podcast with Pages of Pandora which began as a chat on poetry but eventually covered finance, journalism, writing, literature, pop culture & a bit of me. Ignore a few edits in the video, due to technical issues. Feedback welcome! https://t.co/JfKJbmWcPy

So happy to have been entrusted with the role of managing Madhya Pradesh’s & @CMMadhyaPradesh Shri Mohan Yadav’s media and communications at the @wef 2026 in Davos. I thank the state’s delegation and team for their trust and support for doing my role. Incredible Experience! 🙂

So happy for the chat and the chance to hand over a copy of my book ‘CLICK - Snapshots in Verse’ as a small memento. 2/2

It says something about an institution and its culture when the Top Management ensures they still meet you after you have exited to acknowledge the time spent there. Thank You @RBI Governor Shri Sanjay Malhotra @GovSMalhotra for making time on a weekend for this catch up. 1/2

🎙 RBI Talks: From Paisa to Policy Topic: Demystifying KYC Why is KYC required? How does it protect bank customers? Watch the full podcast on: ▶️ https://t.co/1q4ZORNEs8 #RBITalks #DemystifyingKYC #KYC #SafeBanking #FinancialLiteracy

Thanks to Shri Puneet Pancholy & Shri Brij Raj for their support to complete major DoC initiatives. Finally thank you to RBI’s wonderful people, especially my DoC family. It has been an honour to walk & toil with you. Thank You RBI! May Our Paths Cross Again! Soon.

Shri @YogeshDayal17 who was my first boss at RBI truly inspired me to work harder, focus on out-of-the-box ideas and backed them when the time came. Thank You sir!

I specifically would like to thank Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao, Dr Poonam Gupta and Shri SC Murmu sir who at different points oversaw the Department of Communications. Thank you to RBI top management for the words of advice for my future.

This post would be incomplete without saying thanks to Governors Shri @DasShaktikanta & Shri @GovSMalhotra, who always treated me like an RBI personnel. Each deputy governor was gracious with their time across my tenure but…

The fact that I was still selected for this role speaks more about RBI than of me as a professional. Truly grateful. And there is satisfaction than in my small way, I leave the RBI’s communication work, a little more evolved than when I joined.

There is so much to say but the emotions I walk out of RBI with is gratitude and satisfaction. I am thankful to have had the privilege to work at RBI after almost 17+ years of reportage where I was often critical.

Some milestones were personal such as getting credits in the RBI web series, representing India at G20 as a delegate, getting appreciation letters for projects I worked on & seeing legendary actor Shri Amitabh Bachchan read out RBI history nuggets I wrote.

Closer collaborations with regulated entities on Public Awareness Campaigns, RBI’s podcast and Media Room are initiatives that will see light of day soon.

PIB visits, communications trainings, Chatham House sessions, RBI live streams, drafting RBI Communication Policy 3.0, writing speeches, creating SoPs for existing & old initiatives, writing Annual Report sections or Governor’s MPC statement, were a few things I was involved with

It doesn’t feel like just 30 months simply due to the scale & breadth of what I was part of. India’s G20 Presidency, RBI@90 events including those with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi & President Smt. Droupadi Murmu, RBI Unlocked webseries, Monetary Policy press meets…

Big changes & new initiatives at an institution like RBI only happen when there is vision & acceptance for new ideas at the top & execution strength at various levels. I was privileged to be there when these changes happened.

Those following me from my media days would have now noticed the RBI communications work, but it has always been happening. None of the work would have been possible without collaborative efforts of a host of people across departments.

And it’s a Wrap today! Two & a half eventful years at @RBI Leaving on a happy note knowing all the work entrusted to me, & that I got to collaborate with the wonderful departments at RBI, is done.

Still waiting to see critique on how poor this #Ashes pitch is, what a poor exhibition this is for Test cricket & so on and so forth that we get to hear when matches are played on conditions that favour spin in the Indian subcontinent! But fast bowling is good, spin bad #AUSvsENG