Ask the Author: Nish Amarnath
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Nish Amarnath
I am a sensitive person and I feel the slightest feelings quite intensely. This usually inspires me to create different story-lines and characters and formulate their responses to different tasks and situations. I am also synesthetic in that I see words and numbers as different shapes and colours of varying shades, gradients and textures. So, for me, books are not just black and white. Instead, books are conduits to parallel worlds and alternate realities. They are full of colour, emotion, adventure and hope. I also like to draw upon my own experiences and other real-world instances or trends to keep my fiction simple, compelling and realistic even if my characters may be complex embodiments of yin and yang.
Nish Amarnath
My advice for aspiring writers is to find your unique voice, what ever that is. To find your unique voice, it is important to drop all the masks that we sometimes tend to wear as we assume various roles in society. To be a good writer, it's paramount to be one's real self and bare one's soul. It's also good to stay abreast of current news and developments, historical events, etc., and read various genres and formats voraciously. Traveling also helps, if you get a chance to do so. When I say traveling, I don't mean the regular tourist's travel--but rather exploring the less explored areas, venturing deep into the unknown and absorbing the vibe of the place and its people. To be a writer, one must be ready to leap off one's comfort zone.
Nish Amarnath
As a writer, you get to create different worlds and different realities based on your imagination. You get the leeway to construct those realities through different situations whose outcomes you can control as a writer. In other words, you can't necessarily control situations and people in real life, but you can do so as a writer! That can perhaps be construed as a form of escapism, and I do think that escapism is intrinsic to human existence. You get to give that urge for escapism a lot more leeway as a writer.
I also enjoy exploring the depths of the human psyche - the extremes of pain, tragedy, sadism, joy, love, spirituality and courage.
I also enjoy exploring the depths of the human psyche - the extremes of pain, tragedy, sadism, joy, love, spirituality and courage.
Nish Amarnath
I am presently working to wrap up another fiction title, 'Twin Flame'.
It is a Trans-Atlantic saga of enduring love, spiritual awakening and indomitable courage as two teen prodigies, Sherry and Shaddy try to find their way back to each other against all odds.
I have penned down two other fiction titles, although my immediate priority is to finish writing 'Twin Flame'. You can view my roster of upcoming fiction titles here: https://www.nishamarnath.com/fiction/
It is a Trans-Atlantic saga of enduring love, spiritual awakening and indomitable courage as two teen prodigies, Sherry and Shaddy try to find their way back to each other against all odds.
I have penned down two other fiction titles, although my immediate priority is to finish writing 'Twin Flame'. You can view my roster of upcoming fiction titles here: https://www.nishamarnath.com/fiction/
Nish Amarnath
'Victims For Sale' grew out of my experiences as a journalist in early 2006, when I first began writing it. I was researching for a potential newspaper story when I came across an instance that was reflective of a detrimental emphasis on family honour as the keystone of a moral compass that rests solely on the shoulders of women, sometimes regardless of their well being. This represents a matrix of social and human rights issues that persist even and especially today.
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