Author Interview - Vrinda Singh
Question :
Tell us something about yourself and why do you write? Did you always wanted to be a writer?
Vrinda :
I am the CEO of Paperwiff, a leading vernacular platform of the country, for readers, writers and bloggers. I am also a freelance software developer at various companies. I was an aspiring writer since childhood. I was raised in a middle-class family of scientists, therefore, my writings wasn’t encouraged over academics. It was after my first job, I decided to write for my happiness. This is how my writing journey started.
Question :
Some of our readers might not know much about “5 Minutes”. Tell us a bit about your newly released book.
Vrinda :
“5 Minutes” is the story of an ordinary girl, written over a corporate background. Since the story is based on true life events, it is collected from all the nooks and corners of the country. Many can relate themselves to 5 minutes very easily. The best part of the book is that it is not women-centric. However, it talks about feminism stating the position of both male and female in society. More info would be a spoiler, but “5 minutes” deals with the intrinsic lives of working professionals.
Question :
What is the concept of five minutes in the book?
Vrinda :
5 minutes derives it’s name from the 5 elements of a human body. The significance of both the number ‘5’ and times as ‘minutes’ has been explained in detail with the smooth story flow. The 5 basics emotions, the 5 senses and of course the 5 elements club together to hold the central idea of the book.
Question :
How was your experience writing it? What the book did to you at personal level?
Vrinda:
I would say, Writing is not just an experience, it’s an experience of experiences. It is an art of painting a canvas with words and colouring it with your imaginations. So, writing “5 minutes” was a dream come true because it’s a voice of million people suffering in the hands of fate and sometimes emotions. I feel relieved after writing something, which I desperately wanted to share with the world.
Question :
What was your aim with “5 Minutes”? What message did you want to get across?
Vrinda :
The book ‘5 minutes’ reminds men and women of their grit and resilience, no matter what they have achieved in life. The message is crisp and simple, “Never lose your identity”. It’s true, that “5 minutes” are powerful enough to change your life but the question is how strongly you put up against time.
Question :
What is your idea of modern feminism?
Vrinda :
Modern Feminism first fueled up in America, strongly plummeting a woman’s identity of being a housewife, caretaker and one who lights cigars for her husbands. It then speeded up to the rest of the world. I am 25 today and I feel modern feminism needs to be strengthened more. It’s not just about choosing careers over families, its about striking a balance between the two with equal indulgence of a man and a woman. When we talk about feminism today, we also talk about the rights of a man.
Question :
That’s beautiful. What is the greatest risk you could take as a writer?
Vrinda :
My upcoming book is a biography of a mountaineer, for which I will climb the highest peaks in the world. This is risky because I never ever thought of climbing mountains to write a book. I live every word of my book, which itself is risk-taking.
Thank you so much dear author for finding time and sharing your thoughts with all of us.
That’t it. I hope you all know the author a tad bit more now and what kind of effort she puts in penning her stories. Do read her new book 5 Minutes and share your thoughts with me. And now even I am getting down to read 5 Minutes.
