*** Special Feature - October 2016 ***
About the Author:
Namrata is A Lost Wanderer who loves travelling the length and breadth of the world. A published author in various anthologies and magazines she enjoys capturing the magic of life in her words. She is forever in pursuit of a new country and a new story.
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Why I Write
I have been
writing regularly since the time I can remember. I began writing somewhere in
my teens with my first poem published in an educational magazine when I was 13.
I wrote my first story at 14 (the length of an A4 notebook) which was
essentially a candy floss love story. A daily diary here and some letters to
pen friends, writing remained an integral part. Somehow during those years I
had never thought of becoming a writer or a story teller. All I knew is that I
wanted to write till my last breath because it was cathartic.
When I
started my blog 5 years ago I used to write things I had heard or read
somewhere. For almost a year I kept on doing that till one chance encounter
pushed me to write a story based on it. I somehow didn’t want to accept it
online that it was my story. And there in that moment the story teller in me
was born. I fell in love with stories all over again, this time with the magic
of creating them. Soon everything and anything became my inspiration to write a
story.
Gradually I
lost all the apprehensions of talking about things close to my heart. I spoke
openly about my pain, hurt, the past, trauma along with the hope and joy of
good times ahead. It is in this process that I healed. Writing is so deeply instilled
in my system that at times when a friend sees me upset his immediate advice is,
“Write it out, will you? You will be fine thereafter.” And it does work
wonders, something that even the best of therapies and counselors couldn’t
guarantee me!
As I look
back today I really love my transformation from being someone who repeated
someone else’s thoughts to becoming someone who now has her own thoughts to
share. That progression is a huge leap according to me, it shows that I have
grown and how! In the last few years my writing has changed from mere
observations to deep introspection finally leading to stories that are
poignant. (Well, I like to believe that! :) )
I write
because it lets me escape to a world of my own. I write to give voice to the
inner most thoughts and channel them to the Universe. I write to unite my
shruti (the internal voice) and stuti (the external voice) and create something
significant. I write to fall in love with the world around me once again. I
write because my mind is a scary place to be with all those words jostling for
space. They behave better when on paper. I write to keep myself sane. I write to tell the untold. I write because it
makes me feel alive. I write because that is the closest I can get to being a
creator of something that can be immortalized. I write because that is the only
way my heart knows how to talk to me.
“I write…
therefore I am.”
Give life another chance. Laugh a little longer. let go of your past. Hold onto what you love. In short LIVE rather than just exist!
Some told, some untold, some heard and some unheard - this collection of stories will make you look at life in a different light and make you ponder over its definition of it till now.
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