A Talk with Jighansu Sharma A Banker By Profession and Author by Passion
She is a feminist, has strong views, she is a taekwondo expert and she has dabbled sometime in her corporate career also. And if that is not enough, she has written books in multiple journals which includes rom.com, thriller, poetry etc. So let me extend a warm welcome to Ms. Jiganshu Sharma in this cast and let us hear from her her journey as an author
And yes, the author life is bit difficult because I have to handle my full time job and I have a kid of four year old plus I have to juggle with the day to day work which women have to you know very well because you have a baby girl child too and it's going well for me. Somehow I manage time and my writing skills somehow pops up
We prove to the world with our own examples that we can be mothers and at the same time we can contribute something for the society also. Now coming to the next question you are an author and you are a writing coach. When you write your thoughts and when you coach you have to understand someone else thought and then help them to articulate it better. So how do you find these two roles? Are they completely different or there is some similarity between them? Four?
Yes, meera. Both of these two roles being a writer and being a writing coach is completely different because writing your own thought is really easy. Plus motivating yourself is easier, but motivating somebody else and telling them when to write, how to write and sometimes they became lazy, sometimes they are very near to the deadlines and sometimes you even have to help them in what to write also, what is the thing is in demand what the readers are going to like. Yes
Hello. Okay. I understand, for example, if I am writing a book, I can write or I can shape the character the way I want. But when you are poaching somebody, that person will have a character sketch in their mind. But maybe, you know, such a character sketch won't sell in the market. There needs to be some tweaking. So sometimes they agree to it, sometimes they don't agree to it
And during that time frame many twists and turns or many ideas for new climaxes came to his or her mind. Now at that moment author have to be very quick and he or she have to understand that whether this character will able to play this or portray this dark side. So at that time I have to go back into the previously written chapters and I have to slip few lines which will mold the character. It not just mold because I am a feminist and my psychology is of different kind
Arya is an empowered woman, irrespective of the Sanskas, the upbringing, the conservative, pampered mother she has all those things. And of course, definitely the point you put forward that it is not that just because you're a feminist, every character will be influenced by that aspect of yours. But a character is molded by the demand of the story. It can be in many ways as such depends on the gender and other aspect of it
You. Thank you so much Mira for such beautiful words for the book. And what can I say about the book? I mean it's a dilemma of an author that they can easily write. You know, like 50,000 words for a book. But if somebody asks to say few words for the book it's become very difficult. Especially for me. But well, I would start it with my readers that it became bestseller
You are a mother, you are an author, you have followed your passion. You are working in a bank. In fact, you are doing multiple roles. So what message you would like to give to the girls of our society to live a much fulfilling life in a patriarchal society like ours?
Same for me, mira rom.com do excite me, but not as much as thrillers. And yes, women have to fulfill many things in their day to day life. They have very big heart to keep our passions aside, but some of us are not ready to do that. So for those girls who want to follow their passion and want to dream big for them, I just want to say wake up early, girls, so that you can follow your passion when you are fresh
In the whole message you gave Ms. Sharma, I would like to point out two important message. One is self care. Many women fulfill most of their responsibilities but take less time to care for themselves, including eating food and spending time with family and friends. So my dear listeners, please listen to her. Give yourself some time every day that will go a long way in ensuring you fulfill all your duties much energetically and without much complaints. And the second aspect I would like to highlight from Ms