Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I am from Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand. Born and brought up in hills, I have always been the person who was more interested in nature and its creatures rather than all the materialistic things. Books and hills had a great impact on me as I proceeded to the stage of adulthood and they are the reasons for getting out the writer in me.
When did you first start writing?
I wrote a story named "Gift Of Life" when I was in standard 4. I was not so much confident about it being getting noticed. So, it came as a surprise for me when the headmistress of the school called and praised me for my creativity. Thereafter, shamefully, I wrote a sequel to Harry Potter series,i.e the eighth book to it. (I had the guts) But because it was so pale in comparison to the Goddess Rowling, I stopped it and hid the manuscript somewhere. I kept on writing and writing many others ( some of them are online, some still on my laptop's disk and some in my head!). Finally, when "Love Through..." was finished I knew I had written something worthy.
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