GQ India Editor Reminisces About NYU Days

Che Kurrien, who majored in journalism, now practices it with great success.

GQIndiaJanuary2017CoverFor a success-themed January 2017 special issue, GQ India editor Che Kurrien penned a piece about his own professional journey. Washington Square is a long way from Mumbai, but that’s where it all started for Kurrien, who studied journalism at NYU around the time of 9/11.

The article is crowned by a photo of Kurrien’s former downtown apartment building, shot during a recent return visit. The edifice remains unchanged. From the piece:

I had some savings from working a deadbeat market research job in New Jersey, which I used to pay for my tuition at NYU, and to rent out an apartment in the East Village that I shared with four students from the Tisch film school.

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