Featured Interview With Raj Singh
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I did my schooling in my home town, Gaya. Later, I moved to Hyderabad and completed my graduation in Spanish language. Writing poems and blogs have always been important activities during my leisure time; in fact, it helped me a lot in my journey to become a writer. Currently, I’m working with Amazon India as a Spanish language resource. and live in Hyderabad, India.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I don’t really remember when I realized when I get fascinated with books. But, I still remember that when I was in my school and I was taught the story of Indian writers, especially, Prem Chand and Fanishwernath Renu, I kept on thinking about them. I think my curiosity about them and their writing helped me to embark my writing journey. As far as my writing is concerned, I wrote my first book when I was in my college, in 2012. And it was about Anna Hazare, the anti corruption crusader, and his movements.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I don’t have any longing about a particular genre to read. I read different types of book, be it romance, memoirs and psychological thrillers. But, I love to read Paulo Cuelo, Gabriel García Márquez, Salman Rushdi as well as Jumpa Lahiri’s works. They all and their writing style and topics have always motivated and inspired me. But, as I think I still have to cover a long journey in my writing career to have my works compared with theirs.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book “Breakup Before Love” is a romance fiction. Basically, it’s a story of Ritu and Anoop. Anoop loves Ritu but never dares to propose her and when he decides to propose her, he got to know that she loves Samuel, one of her classmates. But, soon Ritu breaks up with Samuel and come back to Anoop life, who still has hope that one day he will propose her about his love. But all of sudden, one day something happens which changes their life. They become complete strangers for each other. They completes their studies and left the university forever. After three years, Anoop accidently sees her in a market in Kolkata. But he is confused whether she will recognize him or not. But will Ritu come back into his life again? Will she forgive him? And, will their life start over again? To know all these, one must read this book.
I would like to add one more thing that Breakup Before Love is inspired from a real story of a student I met during my college days but most of the characters and incidents are fictional. So, to give this book a proper shape and make a realistic story that anybody can relate to his/her life, I had to work a lot – from developing the idea of characters to the flow of the story, till end.
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