It is not an everyday thing for me to meet one of my all-time favorite authors, and when she invited me home, things went out of my hand to such extent that I had dreams about being chased down the road by her two huskies.
Those who know her, by now you would have guessed who I am talking about. She takes pride in being the mother of these two huskies and keeps posting pictures of her babies (special request from her to not call them dogs) reading her international bestseller books.
Krishna Udhayashankar is no other author for she is the most down to earth person apart from being the coolest among the lot. With the splint on her wrist and a tattoo of a dragon, which at first I thought was Ganesh, she would fit in the description of the cool author that is portrayed in every other Hollywood movie; and believe me she is even better. Her coolness is to such level that when I asked her how she feels when she sees a review on the internet which criticizes her, She replied with her signature smile “Oh I don’t care what others think, there might be some. But, if you find, send the link to me too, I would love to read those”. To find that spirit in an author of her fame, in this age of suing for cracking a joke on an open mic, would be utterly impossible. Though, I wonder if she was veiling her real feeling about it behind that sweet smile. C’mon! some stuff you guys say is utterly ruthless and I being a 3rd person in those conversations feel like finding that person and playing Tetris with his teeth.
But how much do we know her. I mean to a person who doesn’t know her personally (yeah I meet her once and I know her personally) would wonder how she finds time to write such classics being a lecturer and mother of two adorable huskies as well as being an Indian who holds a big Indian family to please (we Indians find other big families cute). But as soon as you enter her house, you will also realize, she is systematic, neat and her house is spotless with great sense of interior design (not that I am an expert in that), and her collection of books and TV series match most of the normal folks like me. If you are still wondering how she managed to write 3 awesome books and one even more awesome book which have the most amazing poems, you probably didn’t know that she holds a PHD in Strategic Management from Nanyang Business School Singapore. I bet you are still wondering where I am going with this, well let me just say that there would be no tweets she never acknowledged with her name tagged in it. Yes she does all these things and still manages to write some epic books when I don’t take bath for two days because I was tired after reading her book.
It takes special courage for anyone to write on a sensitive subject like Mahabharata and above that she has undone the whole system of divinity in it and even has gone to an extent where some of the so called “gods” had some real weakness and emotions. If you try to compliment her on anything about this she would very humbly say that it’s all out there and she wanted to actually write a poem but then Govinda Shauri and his emotions was rather a jigsaw puzzle which took her 3 books to decode. (Not her exact words, it’s been 2 months and my memory is as good as a duck’s).
It is not I who can guarantee that we can expect many books from her in the coming years but to quote her words “When I started writing The Aryavarta Chronicles, I wondered why didn’t I do this till now”. I can but definitely guarantee that she is an inspiration and icon for people like me and should also be a role model for other aspiring writers who believe in the content of the book rather than a way to quick fame.
Those who know her, by now you would have guessed who I am talking about. She takes pride in being the mother of these two huskies and keeps posting pictures of her babies (special request from her to not call them dogs) reading her international bestseller books.
Krishna Udhayashankar is no other author for she is the most down to earth person apart from being the coolest among the lot. With the splint on her wrist and a tattoo of a dragon, which at first I thought was Ganesh, she would fit in the description of the cool author that is portrayed in every other Hollywood movie; and believe me she is even better. Her coolness is to such level that when I asked her how she feels when she sees a review on the internet which criticizes her, She replied with her signature smile “Oh I don’t care what others think, there might be some. But, if you find, send the link to me too, I would love to read those”. To find that spirit in an author of her fame, in this age of suing for cracking a joke on an open mic, would be utterly impossible. Though, I wonder if she was veiling her real feeling about it behind that sweet smile. C’mon! some stuff you guys say is utterly ruthless and I being a 3rd person in those conversations feel like finding that person and playing Tetris with his teeth.
But how much do we know her. I mean to a person who doesn’t know her personally (yeah I meet her once and I know her personally) would wonder how she finds time to write such classics being a lecturer and mother of two adorable huskies as well as being an Indian who holds a big Indian family to please (we Indians find other big families cute). But as soon as you enter her house, you will also realize, she is systematic, neat and her house is spotless with great sense of interior design (not that I am an expert in that), and her collection of books and TV series match most of the normal folks like me. If you are still wondering how she managed to write 3 awesome books and one even more awesome book which have the most amazing poems, you probably didn’t know that she holds a PHD in Strategic Management from Nanyang Business School Singapore. I bet you are still wondering where I am going with this, well let me just say that there would be no tweets she never acknowledged with her name tagged in it. Yes she does all these things and still manages to write some epic books when I don’t take bath for two days because I was tired after reading her book.
It takes special courage for anyone to write on a sensitive subject like Mahabharata and above that she has undone the whole system of divinity in it and even has gone to an extent where some of the so called “gods” had some real weakness and emotions. If you try to compliment her on anything about this she would very humbly say that it’s all out there and she wanted to actually write a poem but then Govinda Shauri and his emotions was rather a jigsaw puzzle which took her 3 books to decode. (Not her exact words, it’s been 2 months and my memory is as good as a duck’s).
It is not I who can guarantee that we can expect many books from her in the coming years but to quote her words “When I started writing The Aryavarta Chronicles, I wondered why didn’t I do this till now”. I can but definitely guarantee that she is an inspiration and icon for people like me and should also be a role model for other aspiring writers who believe in the content of the book rather than a way to quick fame.
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