Arun Lakra is an India-born, Calgary-based writer. He has written plays, screenplays, a song to protest the demotion of Pluto (unsuccessful!), and his share of illegible prescriptions. As a writer and as a consumer, Arun gravitates to material that is thought-provoking, innovative, fast-paced, structurally complex, and also makes him laugh. Sometimes only him. Once, a presumably concussed theatre reviewer compared his work to that of Aaron Sorkin. That was a good day. Ice cream was consumed. In addition to his creative endeavours, Arun trained as an eye surgeon at the University of Toronto and has spent twenty-five years practicing ophthalmology. He is passionate about the intersection of science and the arts with the bi-directional flow of ideas, and he uses his platform to encourage students (and grown-ups) to explore both spheres.