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Meera Gopalakrishnan
@mira.gopal · 1:02

Interview of Swathi R who is a student author

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And the catch here is that she has published a book on love and forgiveness while she is a biotechnology student. So let us hear from Swati herself on what made her an author and why she chose the pen name Maya

Swathi has published her first book, a collection of poems called "Untitled poems". #interview #sayitonswell #book #author #writersofswell

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Swathi Raja
@Swathi.R · 0:47

@mira.gopal

Hello, everyone. Hello, Miradi. I hope everyone's doing fine. I'm Swathir here from Nama, Bengaluru. I'm a student of baitik and zoology. Penname Maya. So people might wonder, why is it Maya? Because it not related to my name. And so many ask me, why is it Maya? To be frank or prompt, the name Maya is like means magic. Magic. I wanted to bring magic in my writing. Magic which everyone needs in their life
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Meera Gopalakrishnan
@mira.gopal · 0:53
Oh, that's an interesting answer. And of course, yes, Maya is illusion. But illusion can be positive and negative also. And if you can create a positive illusion in such a way as you rightly said, magic to inspire people with your writings. That is so great. And I'm happy that you choose such a name for your writings. And now coming to our second question, your first published book that is Untitled Films
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Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15

Welcome to Swell!

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Swathi Raja
@Swathi.R · 0:36

@mira.gopal

The as you mentioned, it is a collection of poems. To be specific, it is not a collection of poems. It is a poem formatted story which is written in a poetic way. Like our feelings are written in a way that it shows in a poem format. Some might even look like a story version, but it still is a nice book that people might give a chance to read. It might be a little young story to read
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Meera Gopalakrishnan
@mira.gopal · 1:29
Like when you were a kid you read Blight and when you are teenagers you read Nancy Drew. Then as you grow up you read some other books. Every age group needs it. So your book is basically for I would say teenage plus young audience for college students. Let it be that is not a criteria. And of course you are a college student so you will be more able to relate to that life
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Swathi Raja
@Swathi.R · 1:13

@mira.gopal

The story that I have written can be read by any age group but it gives you the feeling of being young again and the question which you asked to be frank. I love that question I am a bi technologist I chose this field with all the love that want because I wanted to be a marine biologist so I chose it and ever since eight I had this dream of becoming a researcher and having a life that gives me more peace or so but yeah
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Meera Gopalakrishnan
@mira.gopal · 0:28

@Swathi.R

That's very great to hear, Swathi, and I hope your dream is realized and you are able to write that book. Now, coming to the last question of this interview. You have published your first book, and there are many writers out there who want to publish their book but are hesitant to write. So what message you would like have to give such authors so that they too can publish their books, they too can tell the stories they want to tell
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Swathi Raja
@Swathi.R · 1:03

@mira.gopal

People out there with a story to tell but are hesitant to write it and get it published. People take the courage because I know it is hard because I have also been there. There are questions of what if it is not going to be good. What if it is not my cup of t and what if? Pull that if and put it in some dustin. Trust me. Stop giving excuses or stop thinking what if it's not going to be good or anything. What if?
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Meera Gopalakrishnan
@mira.gopal · 0:48

@Swathi.R

That is one h*** of a good message. Swathi is unit courage. I am also an author and when I published my first book I also face the same question what if people doesn't like? What if people criticize? Then I finally decided to take the plunge. You will get Burkett and brickbacks but that's how life is. If you want to to do it, just go ahead and do it. That's a great idea
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