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Ritwika Roy Mutsuddi is an avid blogger who finds that writing is really her way of expressing herself. She shares here her thoughts on writing and especially, writing on women's issues.
Ritwika Roy Mutsuddi is an avid blogger who finds that writing is really her way of expressing herself. She shares here her thoughts on writing and especially, writing on women’s issues.
Finding inspiration in her kids and writing about life as a parent, she is also a strong advocate for women’s rights – starting from women’s place in the family. Ritwika is one of our three featured authors, for June 2017. You can find Ritwika’s writing at Women’s Web here.
Authors are often asked this question, but everyone has their own reasons, very personal to them. So, why do you write?
I am basically an introverted person who doesn’t express much with spoken words but can express a lot better when I write. I write to share my experiences and thoughts.
When and how did you first begin writing?
I used to write as a child but later due to studies and then marriage and motherhood, writing had taken a backseat. I had started sharing my parenting experiences on various platforms and also in my blogs and that’s how my writing journey began again!
Do you have a muse?
I mostly write about parenting, so you can guess my muse! I also love writing about women’s issues and various relationships.
Where do you get your ideas from?
My kids are my biggest inspiration for writing. Apart from that daily incidents around me or in the world. Relationships between different people inspire me. I love reading other authors’ blogs mostly; I am not an avid book reader.
When it comes to writing on/for/about women, what questions and issues drive you the most?
Gender inequality, gender bias, women not getting equal opportunities despite having all the talent and working hard, women still treated as ‘paraya dhan’ by parents and as outsiders by in-laws, the girl child not being welcomed happily; I can go on and on…
Anything you’d like to tell others who would want to write?
I would simply say – don’t think much, just write from the heart. Write in simple words which people can relate to.
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Neena was the sole caregiver of Amma and though one would think that Amma was dependent on her, Neena felt otherwise.
Neena inhaled the aroma that emanated from the pan and took a deep breath. The aroma of cumin interspersed with butter transported her back to the modest kitchen in her native village. She could picture her father standing in the kitchen wearing his white crisp kurta as he made delectable concoctions for his only daughter.
Neena grew up in a home where both her parents worked together in tandem to keep the house up and running. She had a blissful childhood in her modest two-room house. The house was small but every nook and cranny gave her memories of a lifetime. Neena’s young heart imagined that her life would follow the same cheerful course. But how wrong she was!
When she was sixteen, the catastrophic clutches of destiny snatched away her parents. They passed away in a road accident and Neena was devastated. Relatives thronged her now gloomy house and soon it was decided that she should be married off.
Being a writer, Nivedita Louis recognises the struggles of a first-time woman writer and helps many articulate their voice with development, content edits as a publisher.
“I usually write during night”, says author Nivedita Louis during our conversation. Chuckling she continues,” It’s easier then to focus solely on writing. Nivedita Louis is a writer, with varied interests and one of the founders of Her Stories, a feminist publishing house, based in Chennai.
In a candid conversation she shared her journey from small-town Tamil Nadu to becoming a history buff, an award-winning author and now a publisher.
Nivedita was born and raised in a small town in Tamil Nadu. It was for schooling that she first arrived in Chennai. Then known as Madras, she recalls being awed by the city. Her love-story with the city, its people and thus began which continues till date. She credits her perseverance and passion to make a difference to her days as a vocational student among the elite sections of Madras.
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