Gurbir talks about his journey as a blogger and an author covering India's space activities. We discuss his perspectives of gaining access to information and people to write about India's space program as well as his discovery of learning about a rocket pioneer based in Calcutta in the 1930s.

Gurbir Singh is a Manchester-based Blogger and Author who has written about Yuri Gagarin's visit to Manchester, the Indian Space Programme and more. He also runs the AstrotalkUK podcast. More information - https://astrotalkuk.org/ Gurbir has a new book coming soon on Stephen H Smith: India’s Forgotten Rocket Pioneer whose information is available on - https://astrotalkuk.org/stephenhsmith/ Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on the Telegram groupFor comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com

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