Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 1:40
😳2 extreme ends & a love story? 📚Ft. Conversation with Gautaam Borah
Two extreme ends with a powerful story. Witness the making of Until We Meet Again by Gautaam Borah, an author, a corporate leader and a life mentor who will join us tomorrow at 07:00 p.m.. And tomorrow we will be talking about his book until we meet again. But not just this. We have a lot, many things to talk around and discuss, which will definitely incite some more interest to you. So make sure you join us tomorrow at seven and I'll see you there
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 2:35
But before we directly begin with the conversation, I want to know, and I think all the audience wants to know, what inspired you to write? I mean, you have been doing so much, you are a life mentor, you are a corporate leader and an author as well. So how did writing the book happen and what was what was the inspiration which drived you to begin your writing journey?
Gautaam Borah
@GautaamBorah · 4:30
And so in that book, in fact, I presented a model for the corporates to deploy innovation because most of the time, organizations, they lose their way when they start actually when they try to really get into the path of innovation. And that's the reason most of the organizations suffer. And that book was written with that purpose, as a support, to create a support system for the organization. And so after that, my second book
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 2:10
So, first of all, how did this idea came to you that you wanted to come up with three different genres? The taste of three different genres in one book, or rather, it was something like you went in a flow of writing and building up a story, and later, when you were done writing the entire story, that's where you realize that, okay, yes, this story comes under these three different genres
Gautaam Borah
@GautaamBorah · 4:00
Your story is around you and you just need to remove the things that which are not needed or not required in the story and the story is made. So now coming to these many genres or multiple genres coming together like the mystic bit of that the Romans, the corporate politics and all those kind of things in Nalanda, it's a representation of human life, I would put it in that way
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 1:55
And did you visit these places for your research work like Oxford University? Definitely as you shared that you have know been there during your post graduation time but when it comes to Nalanda, the most reputed institute tuitions or reputed university in our Indian history with such a vast and rich historical background so how do these extreme ends enhance the overall atmosphere of your story Nalanda? Until we meet again
Gautaam Borah
@GautaamBorah · 2:42
Like as if I have visited this place and there is a stories to be told about that. And those structures, the medieval structures and all those it was like kind of I had a feeling that I had visited this place and there is something that I need to speak about. So that started in Oxford. I didn't know that I'll be writing a story like that but I knew that there would to be something that I need to write about that place. And next I of course visited Nalanda
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 2:03
And the part where you mentioned about Blood Mary, I don't know why, but it kind of made me nostalgic because I remember when we were in school, a few of my friends, they used to talk a lot about Bloody Mary, maybe like they used to read books around that. I had a few friends who were more of interested into the horror genre when it comes to read books. So I have some faint memories around it, but I don't remember exactly
Gautaam Borah
@GautaamBorah · 4:17
So I guess, again, the character building, there are two stages of that. First, when you start off, you got a faint idea about how the character would be. So I know that, okay, there is Neil or the protagonist that I may have, might have, or I may or a writer may name the protagonist later, but he knows that the protagonist, the person or hero, whatever you want to say, the person looks like this
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 2:10
Spot on the sentence, the character needs to remain with them. I think this one sentence says a lot. And especially being an avid reader. I can feel this because I am moreover, into nonfiction. But I've also read a few of the fiction works and some characters so deep and so touching that I still remember just to share. Like one of my favorite authors when it comes to fiction, Khalid Husseini. His character named Hassan from the book Kite Runner
Gautaam Borah
@GautaamBorah · 4:42
Or you take the example of Jeffrey Archer because you'll always find there will be scenes from the courtroom and there will be scenes from the shipyard because those are the places that he has visited or he has got experience in. So the writer does not write real stories, but he or she picks up the events or things that he has seen or experienced in his life. So I say in Nalanda it is the same thing even if when I talk about even the sage and a mystery
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 3:04
So can you throw a spotlight around, maybe a gist of it? Like, how do you look forward to blend the Vedic learnings with the modern day civilization? Because modern day, I mean, definitely the roots and the core values remain the same, but I think the approach will be different because modern day is more of into science, into technology, into fast learning, rapid learning. Whereas when we talk about Vedic learning and rituals, they are very deep
Gautaam Borah
@GautaamBorah · 4:57
Vedas are called Sashwat because knowledge you get there, these are valid, or these were applicable many thousand years before. We don't know how many thousand years. These are valid today, and these will be even valid tomorrow. So, first point is the knowledge that is contained in the Vedas are eternal .2 we need to clarify that when we talk about the Vedas, it is not only about or once we talk about the Vedic literature, vedic knowledge system, it is not about rigbedarbabet
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 2:15
Hello. This was such an informative. What do I say? I don't want to just term it as an answer, because this is the knowledge that you have shared and specifically emphasizing on the fact that you stated, you know, not running behind the Western culture. If you want to gain knowledge because our ancient culture, our vedas, have such profound knowledge, it firstly, thank you so much for sharing such a detailed aspect of it
Gautaam Borah
@GautaamBorah · 3:30
I guess I feel there are many feedbacks or many reviews of the book I have received but this one has actually touched my heart because it was written actually the person has written whatever he has felt. I just read this. I guess that would summarize what readers can expect from the book. So he said I have picked up to read this book because of the title Nalanda which resembles many unknown history or the facts of our country