An Interview With The Author of I'm Heartless - Vinit Bansal

Firstly, I would like to begin with the most basic question, how did your journey
with the pen begin?

Actually, writing has always been my first love since childhood. Initially I was into writing poetry, articles and short stories for school and college magazine but writing a complete novel is what I had never ever thought of even in my wildest dreams. But then an incident happened in my life which carved my thoughts and provided me a chance to meet the author inside me. And now I am doing the thing I love most: writing.

When did you first consider yourself a writer, far from a blogger?
According to me blogging is much more difficult than writing a novel as it needs more time and patience. I believe,I am a very mood driven person and honestly, I am li’l lazy as well,so blogging has never been my cup of tea. Though I am connected to some blogs but I am not very active on any of them. On the other side i feel while penning down a novel ,one becomes a part of the existence of many characters that keep the novel alive. I enjoy the connection wiith these characters as they trigger my emotions and transcend me to a different world altogether.


What inspired you to write your first book?

Actually I always believe that we are living in a world where every human being
is double faced. What we observe in a person is actually his/her external existence
but internally everyone has some hidden desires, fears, dilemmas, fragility and
sometime few untold confessions which he/she fears to accept in public. “I am
Heartless…” is such a confession. When I came to know about it I decided to share it
with all, so that no one repeats the same mistake which the protagonist did. In short,
the story itself inspired me.

What books have highly influenced your life?

Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist” and “Eleven Minutes”. I too believe that there
are only two ways to live life, either to be a victim of the situations one faces or to be
a winner and have control over situations. It’s all a question of how we view our life.
In my case I choose the second one.

If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor?

Well.. there is no one as such I can call my mentor but yes it was Ravinder’s “I
too had a love story” which inspired me to write “I am Heartless… A Real Confession”.
Only after listening that it was a true story of Ravinder’s life I decided to write my
novel.

If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in you latest book?

I would like to add some more humour in initial chapters.

Can you share a little of your current work with us?

The book highlights the purest form of human emotions and the small yet
intimate moments of love life which usually is evident in almost everyone but they do
not get noticed. It portrays height of love and friendship, bizarre madness, internal
conflicts, dilemmas and ocean full of sentiments. It touches the heart of every
youngster or for that matter anyone who has ever fallen in love.

Do you have to travel much concerning your books?

No I don’t like to travel much.And as the book is doing pretty well and has gained
the status of a National Bestseller, I guess i have been spared of the rather timesome
activity of travelling.

What was the hardest part of writing your book?

The last chapter! Initially we had thought to conclude the book with a different
climax but then I and Rumana (my biggest support and critic at the same time) sat
down and after many rounds of discussion we successfully reached the point where
we wanted to. Secondly, I am personally very attached to this story. That’s why
I wanted to share the story in its real version only. But being a novice it was little
difficult for me to manage the varying emotions of the characters and adjust its
magnitude as per the circumstances occurring in the novel. But all is well that ends
well. I too managed to get what I wanted.

Do you have any advice for other writers?

Be true to yourself first and then to others. Just concentrate on the purity of
story rather than on other marketing gimmicks because at the end of the day it is only
your hard work and creativity that will take you ahead in this field.

Finally, Do you have anything specific that you want to say to our readers (The
Teen Mag)?

I am very thankful to “The TeenMag” and Akhil for giving me a chance to connect
to my readers and also want to convey my love to all my kind readers for their never
ending support and acceptance.
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About Vinit:
Vinit K. Bansal, born in Tohana (Haryana), is fond of reading, writing and composing stories since childhood. He earned his Masters degree from Kurukshetra University and was bestowed awards both at college and university level. He continues to nurture his dream of writing till today and has succeeded in giving shape to his thoughts in this book. As a voracious reader and an avid writer, his vision extends to the realm of social service too. In his own words, “I derive inspiration from India's former President, Prof. APJ Abdul Kalam.” At present, he is working with the State Bank of India in Delhi and loves to pen down his thoughts whenever he finds time.

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An Exclusive Interview With Amit Goyal & Sudhanshu Gupta

Firstly, I would like to begin with the most basic question, how did your journey with the pen begin? 

Sudhanshu: When I picked it up. It all started when I wrote the autobiography of a horse back in school - and I was given a 10 on 10. But after that, I didn't seriously think of writing for at least 15 years.

Amit: I had been writing ever since I was kid. I once wrote a short story that my teacher read out to the entire class. Tried my hand at poetry, and realized I’m not very good with it. Later on, I wrote a couple of songs for the band Jalebee Cartel and started reviewing video games on indianvideogamer.com. But the thought of writing a book never crossed my mind until I started talking about it seriously with Sudhanshu.

When did you first consider yourself a writer, far from a blogger?

Sudhanshu: Like everybody, I jumped on the blogging bandwagon in the early years of the new millennium. Over the next few years, I launched a series of blogs, sometimes even with a vengeance, but I was never really able to maintain a single one. Like most things on the Internet, the life of a blog can also be very ephemeral (unless you are a celebrity). So I abandoned blogging as an 'outlet' for creativity and pondered over writing a book instead. Having said that, I would still like to put a few books behind me before calling myself a writer. 

Amit: The moment I had the print out of the finished manuscript in my hand. The first thought that crossed my mind was “Wow! We really did it”, followed immediately by “So I guess I can start calling myself a writer now.”

Sudhanshu Gupta

 What inspired you to write your first book?

Amit: The desire to do something more spectacular with our lives than the usual grind of getting a job, settling down and going with the flow of things. It’s a different high altogether to create something out of your imagination, and that is our primary inspiration. Hopefully it will drive us to write many more books

What books have highly influenced your life?

Sudhanshu: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, American Gods and Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, Watchmen by Alan Moore. And many more.

Amit: As a kid, I really liked books by Enid Blyton, especially the stories of The Enchanted Woods and The Faraway Tree. I think there is some bit of that in my writing somewhere. Later on, the works of Stephen King and Arthur C. Clarke. And more recently, Neil Gaiman and Haruki Murakami.

If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor?

Sudhanshu: A three way cross between Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman and Haruki Murakami

Are there any new authors that have grasped your interest?

Sudhanshu: Ernest cline. His vision of an alternate future is brilliant in 'Ready Player One' and Arnab Ray - for going beyond the boundaries which most Indian fiction writers play in.

Amit Goyal

Amit: I really liked what Siddin Vadukut did with the Dork series. It was a refreshing and hilarious read as opposed to the plethora of urban romances that are available these days.

If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in your latest book?

Amit: I’d say we could have given it a little more time for editing. In order to meet our release window we had to rush the process up a bit, and quite a few errors made their way into the first print. Apart from that, we take special note of all the negative feedback we get. Not that we would change anything about this book, but it is often good advice for our future works.

Can you share a little of your current work with us?

Amit: The Lost Story uses a unique writing mechanic that Sudhanshu and I worked out in order to write the book. The idea was simple – what if one person starts a story, but another else ends it. A shift of perspective can lead to some interesting and unexpected conclusions, and we like to believe that we achieved that to a great extent.

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The Lost story is the story of Saleem and Sandy – the former a celebrated writer who stopped writing for unknown reasons 23 years ago, and the latter a student, an aspiring writer and a big fan of Saleem. Sandy’s can’t believe his luck when he gets a chance to work with Saleem on one last book - a book of short stories where either one of the two starts a story and the other one ends it without any discussion between the two, which has also been mirrored in the writing of the book by Sudhanshu and me.

As they move forward with their book, Sandy starts discovering strange things about Saleem. I guess you’ll have to read the book to find out more.

Do you have to travel much concerning your books?

Sudhanshu: Not really. Though that would be awesome :)

What was the hardest part of writing your book?

Sudhanshu: Starting was the hardest part. Once the ball got rolling, it was practically writing itself.

Do you have any advice for other writers?

Sudhanshu: Write what you would like to read.

Amit: Tell your own stories. Not stories that you think others would like to hear.

Finally, Do you have anything specific that you want to say to our readers (The TeenMag)?

Sudhanshu: Do pick up 'The Lost Story'. And we hope you enjoy reading it :)

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Offering an insight into Love, Crush, and Infatuation and with psychology assisting you.

This book is meant for,
Those dreaming of igniting the spark of love in the Girl or Guy of their dreams;
Those ‘turtle-ing’ (progressing but slow) around their relationship;
Those who are confused whether it's the right move, right pace or the right way to proceed; and
Those who are missing the charm in their relationship. 

You and Me and Our Relationship is neither a Fictional Story nor a Hypothesis. It is a theory that will rewrite the script of your love life forever. This book gives you an insight into how a person perceives love and what causes attraction between a girl and a guy. While reading the book, I couldn't help imagining myself in the situations that have been described in the book. Frankly speaking, once you get this book in your hand and read the synopsis, then you will never post pond your reading, you will surely go with it in one read.

You and Me and Our Relationship, is the first attempt from the 21 old engineering student which deals with an extra ordinary story not just like the other fictional books. This books is not dealing with the your girlfriend-love-wife matter, as most of the fictional books of today deals with the same type of matter but this is simply about how to approach the girl you like and to make her your girlfriend through the 32 chapters of his book.
Serious efforts have to be taken in order to make the book a flawless read. Apart from these things, everything is just perfect and I give 4 on 5 to this novel. It is still his first novel, and he can a long way as an author.
So, all remains left is just an appreciation, applause and finally a strong recommendation.

Fun on the Go - Girls, if you wanna know how much thought process and preparation went through your guy's mind before he approached you for the first time, then do go for this book!! 

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Deserves a lot!!! Nothing less than an appreciation!!!

This is not only a story rather it is a real confession of a lover..!!!

After a long time I came across something original and fresh in the name of love. There has been numerous stories of chasing and finding one’s love but Vinit Bansal’s ‘I m heartless’ is different as it’s a story of finding one’s true love and then loosing it in ignorance. If finding a true love is a blessing then loosing a true love is equally catastrophic. Sometimes true love is just around but we fail to recognize it and by the time we acknowledge it...its too late. Words coated with deep felt emotions are spreading their fragrance throughout the novel and what makes it class apart is the honest treatment of events and characters.
Protagonist of the novel, Viren, seems so real that anyone ends up finding a shade of his/her own self in his character. In other words it’s a deep psychological postmortem of present day youth which is often charged with aimlessness, confusion, wrong priorities, a lost generation but in essence a never understood generation. It peeps into the minds of new generation through its characters how they think, how they react in certain circumstance and how they take life. Vinit has successfully portrayed the damaging effects of guilt on a human heart.
Set in the backdrop of a university this another heart-touching campus novel proves that love naturally finds its place midst of books and pressure of exams. The awe-inspiring narrative is so beautifully encapsulated that any student can find the reflection of his/her own campus in the novel. The captivating plot didn’t allow me to leave the story for a second or third sitting. It needs to be gulp-down in one go to relish the intoxicating taste of love to the fullest. Hope this mix bag of velvetiness of love, true love, betrayal, hatred, guilt and innocence will keep thrilling the readers for long.
The book needs one read, and again and again. Its a great start for the author. 

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An Interview with the Author of An Idiot,Placements & IntervYou - Toffee

1.Firstly, I would like to begin with the most basic question, how did your journey with the pen begin?

Ans : I started writing the book way back in 2010, to distract myself from the girl I loved and lost. Though I had a good job, loving family and caring friends, there was some emptiness inside me and I was craving to do something to move on with life. It was then I started writing an unusual book on placements and interviews which I felt would help thousands of engineering students.

The line from my book – “When you are not happy, make the world around you happy. It might not give you immense happiness. But it will take away your sadness” – summarizes the essence. So, that’s how it all began.

2.When did you first consider yourself a writer, far from a blogger?

Ans : I don’t consider myself a writer.

3.What inspired you to write your first book?

Ans : Love

4.What books have highly influenced your life?

Ans : I am not an avid reader. But I love ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho and 'Outliers' by Malcolm Gladwell. Lost count of the number of times I read the two books.

5.If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor?

Ans : Umm.. Err..

6.Are there any new authors that have grasped your interest?

Ans : It may sound a little weird but I don’t really know a lot of authors, let alone new ones. I myself am very new to this world of publishing and I hope that someday, someone says my name when asked this question :P

7.If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in your latest book?

Ans : Yes, I would probably lessen the intensity of emotions portrayed in the first five pages of the book. I’ve been getting a few mails from readers saying the first few pages brought tears in their eyes. I’d prefer making people smile, rather than making them cry. Nevertheless, though the book begins with a sad account, the rest of the book is fun and entertaining(And informative as well)

8.Can you share a little of your current work with us?

Ans : I am thinking to write love story of a guy-next-door. It’d be about a guy’s heart and girls’ mind. But I am not sure if I'd be disciplined enough to sit down and write another book. Only time can tell.

9.Do you have to travel much concerning your books?

Ans : No and Yes. Travelling to places – No. Travelling in imagination – Yes. 

10. What was the hardest part of writing your book?

Ans : The hardest part was to interlace information with entertainment, thereby making the book ‘infotaining.’ I had to do lot of homework for that. 

Another tough part was the experiment of mixing genres. Though the book is a non-fiction self-help book, it’s written like a novel. That is what is the USP of the book. It was quite difficult to weave so much information in the form of a story and to ensure seamless transition from one topic to another. Only recently, I came to know that this style of writing is categorized as ‘Narrative non-fiction’ or ‘Creative non-fiction’. 

11.Do you have any advice for other writers?

Ans : Honestly, I am too ordinary a guy to give any advice. 

12.Finally, do you have anything specific that you want to say to our readers (The TeenMag)?

Ans : Life moves on. But don’t just let it pass you by.

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Thattathin Marayathu - A Vineeth Srinivasan Movie

Thattathin Marayathu - A Romantic fable set in the mystical town of Thalassery, that created a new sensation in the Malayalam Film Industry.
Writer-director Vineeth Sreenivasan’s Thattathin Marayathu talks about an innocent love story that leaves you with a smile in the end. Not many films can boast of such a claim these days and this refreshing tale of romance turns out to be thoroughly engaging.
The story is happening in a sleepy village in Thalassery where Vinod (Nivin Pauly), an average student from a modest Hindu household falls in love with a beautiful girl named Aisha (Isha Talwar), hailing from a wealthy and influential Muslim family.

Their first real ‘meeting’ ended up literally in an accident and he was almost instantly smitten by her ample charm. Vinod and his friends try every possible way to grab her attention and to their surprise, she reciprocates the feeling, pretty easily.
Now what happens next is what the story is all about and it is told mostly with clichéd situations, melodramatic moments and smart lines but portrayed in quite a delicious way. In fact that stylish narration is the strength of the film as well. With a cute, simple storyline, which is meant to be enjoyed like of whiff of pure fresh air, the film just keeps you engaged all along, quite effectively.
Of course this one is far from perfect and at times, the events mentioned tend to defy logic as well. And the scenes towards the beginning of the second half, when the character Hamza (Bhagath Manuel) makes his entry, is a bit out of sync. But with brilliant visuals from Jomon T John, excellent music by Shaan Rahman, with a well-written script and good presentation, Vineeth takes the viewers on a romantic trail.
With a new look that makes him really handsome and younger, Nivin Pauly performs with confidence and ease. There are moments when he fumbles but this is one of the most impressive performances by a young actor during recent times, when almost the entire focus is on him.
Debutante Isha Talwar looks beautiful, but she is mainly shown through her beau’s eyes. Watch out for a brilliant show by Aju Varghese as the hero’s confidant. The rest of the cast has also come up with a nice show.
A feel good romantic film hasn’t been one of the favourite genres in Malayalam for pretty long. No surprises if Thattathin Marayathu makes you feel romantic, with its cuteness and innate honesty. Don’t miss this one!

Staring: Nivin Pauly, Isha Talwar, Aju Varghese, Manoj k Jayan, Bhagath Manuel, Ahmed Sidhique, Manikuttan, Aparna Nair, Ramu, Deepak, Sreeram, Sunny Wayne, Subheesh Sudhi, Nandan

Directed/Witten/Screenplay: Vineeth Srinivasan

Produced by: Lumiere Film Company

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