What is your earliest recollection of the desire to write?
My son brought writing to my life. One morning, he said bye to me happily when I dropped him off at the daycare, and the mixed emotions that stirred my heart poured into my first blog. I wrote and wrote to capture his innocence, his moods, his naughtiness, his smiles and tears—a condensed version of his childhood to have with me forever. The mom’s blog molded itself into the shape of my life and I wrote about my experiences as an immigrant from India, my yearning for home and family while adapting to a new life here in the USA. It was much later, when my son grew up and the novelty of the immigrant experience faded that I started writing fiction.
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