She has won the national award for short films like Waterman and the Silent Voice, directed by Ansul Sinha and also invited as a speaker for many literary events. She is an author of two books, the Climbing Ninja, which is a personalized book for children and has been well appreciated by parents and children. And the title, the mind Game is a national passival
Hi Anurag, thank you so much for this podcast. Looking forward to hear from Das and get a lot of information regarding book writing and all because being an author, I really love speaking about writing books and what kind of things that we need to focus on while starting a book and all. And especially when we talk about talk to authors, we get lot of unanswered questions answered through them. So thank you so much for such a wonderful podcast that you're hosting
Anurag Singh
@its_me_patel_ · 0:25
Hi. Hello. Good evening listeners. Hope you all are doing well. Hello Mrs. Das, how are you? Welcome in Swell and thank you for joining this session. The book the mind game. It offers quick, actionable and instantly applicable tips that will definitely help reader in leading better lives. So what are those five ultra practical steps that help the reader to master their emotion and
Author Devika
@devika.das · 2:13
So that is one. Next is anger management. Many a times when we are angry we are not under our control of our emotions. The fourth one will be listen to others. Listening is a very important skill nowadays. Because we always want to share our opinions and we always want to talk. But we don't bother to understand what the other person is talking about. What is the other person's viewpoint? We don't respect difference of opinion. For that, we need to develop listening skills
Anurag Singh
@its_me_patel_ · 0:20
Hello. Hi. Thanks for your answer. And these steps are very informative and useful too, especially the anger management. And I'm sure this is going to help all the readers and listeners. So, coming to the next what inspired you to write and how did you started your writing journey?
Author Devika
@devika.das · 0:34
You so I have been writing from a young age. I was 13 when I wrote my first poem. I have been observing people. Philosophy and psychology were first interests when I was growing up. I chose writing as a medium to express my thoughts because I felt that I could not communicate verbally well and people will not understand me. So I chose to reserve. I chose writing
Anurag Singh
@its_me_patel_ · 0:13
Okay, coming to the next, tell us about your recently published book, Rendvo with Life, a poetry collection. What is this book about, and what is the story behind it?
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Author Devika
@devika.das · 0:39
So I began. So, rendezvous with life is a collection of poems. Assorted poems. Basically I have my interest in philosophy gave birth to these poems. They are deep and make the readers think. Earlier, the poems were only in my personal diary. But then my friends said that the public should also read it. So basically, my friends and my parents were the motivation behind getting this published
Anurag Singh
@its_me_patel_ · 0:20
Ah, okay. This is very interesting story. And friends are very helping in nature. They always help us, motivate us. So it's quite hard to manage the time between three profession or different profession. So how did you manage your time or how you are managing your time between different professions?
Author Devika
@devika.das · 0:54
Writing and acting has helped develop my personality and given a wider scope of understanding the world in its true sense in an objective way. It profession helps me pay the bills and I have never planned to take up writing acting as a full time profession because I want to keep the creative side alive. So I feel everybody has 24 hours, but it is what drives you. So for me so far, I am blessed with management skills that have helped me balance all the three
Anurag Singh
@its_me_patel_ · 0:14
Okay. Thanks for your answer, and thanks a lot for joining this session. So coming to the last question, what is the USP of your book The Mind Game, and how this book will connect to the readers?
Author Devika
@devika.das · 1:19
It has helped them think about their life from a different perspective and it has helped them they have got a direction to their life after reading this book. Thank you Anurag once again for inviting me to the podcast. I hope people will listen to it and take a leaf out of my book and pursue their passion