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Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 1:00
Literary guide to life's profound journey 📚Ft. Conversation with Diwakar Shrivastava
Just imagine yourself sitting in a ride that takes you on, a transformative voice through the pages of life. Sounds interesting, right? Well, then there's something cooking for you. Stay tuned and join us as we unravel the extraordinary mind behind the captivating book The Vakar Shrivastava, the author of the introspective masterpiece My Letters to Feather, he dares to explore the depths of human in existence and the significance of our surroundings in our life
Damanpreet Kaur
@authordaman · 0:49
Hello. Good evening. This is dhaman. I'm eagerly waiting for this conversation to happen. As I read about your book The Letters to Feather I came across your writing methods which are quite impressive and captivating. Like how you have taken an unnamed narrator and without making him the protagonist of the story. You have narrated the story quite nicely. Like how he writes letters to a fictional character named Feather. The story is quite amazing and I'm sure it would be a very great and captivating story
So whatever story you have, never think that you are writing for a specific kind of purpose. But always think that you are writing because that story needs to be told. Thank you
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 1:08
Although these writings were ancient, they still instilled in him a fresh perspective that shaped the trajectory of his life. Currently, he works as an executive at National Aluminium Company Limited. However, his spirit is perpetuated through the books, tales and the stories that have enriched his life as well as the people he has encountered along the way. Welcome for today's interview Mr. Devagar. Wish you a very good evening and many congratulations on your book. I would like you to introduce yourself to our audience
Ah. Good evening, everyone. My name is Diwakar Shrivastava. I am an engineering graduate from VAT University, currently employed as a respected executive with National Aluminium Company Limited, which is one of India's most prestigious central public sector enterprise. I in addition, I enjoy reading, though I'll be honest, I'm not a voracious reader, and I'm quite picky about the novels I read since I was very young. I have enjoyed reading and I have also enjoyed writing
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 0:44
So coming back to your book, the title, My Letters to the Feather, so what is the significance behind coming up with this title and how did writing this book happen and why did you chose to entitle your book My Letters to the Feather? What's the story behind it?
And because of some reason, they got separated eventually, which you will know in the book. And because once again, Feather has found this narrator through her systems, I think nothing could have more appropriately justified the title than My Letters to Feather. Now that the narrator is writing to her once more after a ten year separation
mannya nayar
@shesalliwannabe · 0:14
Good evening, sir. And as you mentioned, you said that every story needs to be told. But is there necessary that while a story is being told, a year is being lent to listen to that story? Is it necessary?
And that can only happen if you listen if you listen to your soul and if you listen to the crevices from where the story is. Erupting, that is very necessary. Otherwise what you will write will not resonate with you and something which doesn't resonate with you, I don't know how it will resonate with any other being
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 0:36
The starting part sounds so emotional touching. And it kind of reminds of the nostalgia in the early childhood days. And you mentioned one thing in your book logos. So can you please elaborate who exactly what exactly logos is and what's the significance of logos and what it has to do? Everything and around the book, it would be glad if you could elaborate on the same. And our audience would also love to know about it. So, yeah, who and what exactly logos is
You, sonali. To be specific, I am still attempting to understand what actually Logos is. But I believe we all have a general understanding of what it must be. It must be the credible of truth and the effects of everything that is either under our control or not. See, we tend to believe that our lives are entirely in our hands and that we have the power to make or destroy them as we like
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 0:57
Sounds interesting. And I so much agree to the part where you mentioned that our lives aren't entirely in our own hands, or we entirely hold the power to completely make it or destroy it. There is definitely a power above us, the Supreme Power or anything that we want to term it as. It can either be the Almighty, it can be a supernatural power or anything. But yes, it is there
Hello, sonali. Let me ask you a question. Isn't it true that we all have our own life story? Each of us has gone through events that either shattered us or shaped who we are. Now, I want to emphasize to you that the narrator of this book is not the book's protagonist. He is not the hero. And if we pay attention and observe, there are countless tales among us
Vipin Kamble
@Vipin0124 · 0:56
You're. Good evening. Diwakar congratulations for the book, and the title you have chosen is amazingly good. It's like eye candy. Eye catching. So congratulations for that tooth. It I don't have any question specific. I just want to know, like, this book is about the letters to Feather. So which letter from Narrator to the Feather is your personal favorite. So if you could give a list of your favorite letter, that would be great. Thank you so much
It was not told directly that it was kind of a proposal, but it was very, very evident. And that is also one of my favorite. So, yeah, I think you will have to read the book, entire book. I mean, since this is these are all fragments. When you arrange them all, you will get everything, all the love from there
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 1:43
What was your experience and what was something new that you learned while writing your book and publishing it? From process A to process said, what was your experience while writing the book?
You Sonari. The toughest struggle was letting go of my perfectionist mindset. You should know that I am very meticulous and pay extraordinary attention to detail and have high standards for myself. And the best is always the enemy of the good. It is never a good idea to wait your entire life to write a masterpiece and never produce anything befitting of the title story worth reading
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 0:54
This is something very important to know and understand. And there is such an interesting message behind your story that you have shared. You know, it is important to win over yourself rather than just waiting for the perfect moment to arrive, rather than just, you know, procrastinating or spending time thinking that I will get perfect now and then, I will do that. So obviously it is better late than never
You. First of all, this is a very, very emotional story about two persons. And it is the journey of the narrator. So obviously, when he's writing letter to his childhood sweetheart, his love, it was bound to be very, very emotional and very raw. So yeah. And as I had previously told that they were exchanging letters. I mean, the premise of the story was like that. So the narrative came like that
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 1:41
Many more people read your book and get inspired and understand the depth of life and how important is it to feel the emotions deeply and understand and acknowledge them. And thank you for being such a wonderful guest and sharing the snippets around your book, sharing your journey, sharing your author journey and how you came up with this book. It is really inspiring to know and thank you so much for such a valuable time that you have shared with us
I don't have any life mantra per se. But yes, love of fate is one thing. You have to accept the futility of it all and will have to strive to make sense of everything that seems to have no meaning and nature in our existence sense. You have to accept that what you have now may very well be taken. You have to accept that you are weak and fail. Yet you have to stand each morning to face the demons that lie in you and outside you