Welcome! This is Sameer Suri, currently an entertainment reporter at DailyMail.com.Showbiz reporting has given me a wide-ranging set of abilities; not just writing and research, but also interpersonal skills in liaising with sources and professionals in marketing/PR. My own marketing capacity has also been enhanced, as a major part of the job is crafting headlines and pitching preview images that are primed to drive maximum engagement.My life has always had an international scope - I speak four languages and have spent a great deal of time abroad. Beyond the predictable stints in India, I've spoken to survivors at Srebrenica, taken multiple trips into wartime Ukraine, seen the various sectarian enclaves of Lebanon and explored the Russian draft-dodger communities of the Caucasus.