Let’s dive into the interview with the author to know the journey.
- Can you tell us a little about your book?
A ‘Fettered mind’, irrespective of its internal or external restrictions, is observant of its surroundings and takes its own time to let things sink in. An ‘unfettered mind’ traverses worlds and dimensions, registering things all along. Where lies the difference? It is our interpretations and inferences that make a difference. Whether it is about your mind or the poet’s mind, the poems and your interpretations of those will resolve the dilemma. This book takes you on a journey of self-discovery, where sometimes you will find yourself listening to the tranquil ‘White Noise’, breathing in the space of the ‘Prisoners’, paying attention to the ‘Ventriloquist’s’ anecdote, and indulging in the conversations of “Religion of Humanity, amongst others, through the medium of exemplary sonnets, sestinas, limericks, cinquains, free verses, elegies, etc. This expedition will keep you on your toes and will lead you to your exploration of self and world, with stirring messages and profound connotations.
- Is there a specific event that inspired this story or was this an out-of-the-blue idea?
The world around us, the world in which we are living, gives me the reasons to pick up the pen and compose poetries, every time. For me, every ‘object’ is the ‘subject’. Nothing is out of the blue and not everything is specifically inspired by events. Thus, bits and bricks to treats and tricks!
- What got you writing in the first place?
I used to write/compose poetries from a very young age.”Messages and impulses are going from your brain, down through your arm, into your fingers, and then onto the page.” Perhaps, if my vocal folds would express, it would sound balderdash to many and if I would generate that by writing instead of composing, it would require a philologist to decipher its denotation. Haha! Roistering. It is advisable, not to consider the previous few lines with gravity because who knows one day I decide to pen stories or articles? Cannot quash the future sales, haha!
- What was your impression of your first draft when you read it?
Presently I feel like owning a time machine to trot a decade back, in order to encode my impression of my first draft and to answer this question! As I used to compose poetries from a very young age. Possibly, the first hour I was content with my draft, and the second hour I was cynical about it, and maybe again the third hour I was content. I am sure the sanguinity had overpowered the negativity and therefore, here I am, giving my interview for my book!
- Which part of your story connects the most with you? Why?
To procure something out of any subject, I think it is imperative for me to get into the skin of that subject, concurrently being the person to write about it. Additionally, to generate my art to the readers, it is salient for me to connect at the fullest, with each poetry that I pen and not one in particular.
AMAZON LINK: https://www.amazon.in/dp/9391406165
