Author, Editor & Creative Specialist
The universal emotion that fills every beating heart, love, is a feeling that continues to dazzle and perplex me at the same time. The more I try to unravel it through my writing of stories, the more mysterious it gets, the more possibilities it throws up. And I don’t complain, really. I move along, tackling its many dimensions, as it leads me through a maze of the various forms it manifests itself in. From playful to mature to sincere to non-committal, this is one emotion that lets my imagination soar and conjure stories that I truly enjoy writing and that I hope the readers can relate well to.
The tradition of arranged marriage is quite an old one in India. It’s a practice that raises many eyebrows these days but I do believe that magic can be found in an arranged marriage. The story of Vasundara and Sankaran was written to put forth this point of view. Vasundara is one of my favourite creations and she epitomises the balance between respect for traditional values and a rare and beautiful kind of courage in a woman. This is Vasu’s story. …
It’s important to preserve one’s individuality and space in a marriage. But is it worth it to take it to an extreme? Can there be no room for some compromise? There’s nothing more comforting than the enormous scope that fiction offers. This story was just the perfect outlet for presenting a point of view – that it doesn’t hurt to compromise a bit. It’s about a woman’s realisation. …
Sarah is the story of a young girl. As much as she flows with her dreams, she is anchored to reality as well. It is this maturity that I have tried to focus on in this story. But sometimes love can send even the most balanced of perspectives flying out of the window. Could Sarah be an exception? The story explores. …
