How I Became A Writer

How I Became a Writer
My journalistic travel began with penning compositions for my daughters. My uncle, a voracious reader, introduced maine to Sexton Blake detective novels. Studying successful a Tamil-medium municipal school, I had to trust connected a dictionary to unravel the mysteries of the English language. Once I developed an admiration for the language, determination was nary stopping me. However, my foray into a nonrecreational people enactment an extremity to my ceremonial transportation with some English and Tamil.

When I joined Mithila Kannan, I was delighted to find that she was besides a voracious reader. She was peculiarly proficient successful Tamil and had a beardown bid of the language. I encouraged her to constitute abbreviated stories, and she excelled successful this art. Her stories were published successful each the starring Tamil magazines and won accolades. In fact, 1 of her stories was selected arsenic 1 of the apical 10 abbreviated stories by Kalki magazine, with an illustration by the 1 and lone Gopulu. On different occasion, she refused to currency a cheque for ₹125 signed by CHAVI. She was a dreamer who would romanticize thing she heard oregon read.

After retirement, successful hunt of secretarial assistance, I enrolled her successful an institute to larn MS Word. After she completed the course, I said, "Why don’t you effort penning successful English? After all, you are a postgraduate." I besides shared each my articles connected absorption subjects with her. Another root of inspiration for her was my relation arsenic the laminitis exertion of our in-house mag for 1,200 employees. She utilized to gag that, being successful a elder position, employees had nary prime but to work immoderate I wrote. However, she made a expansive introduction into IL (IndusLadies), and determination was nary stopping her. I would stock absorbing incidents from my life, and she would weave magical articles with her play connected words. She besides wrote for different blogging sites.

One good morning, she received a congratulatory connection from different blogging site, informing her that she had been selected arsenic the champion writer successful a contention and would beryllium presented with a diamond ring, courtesy of Kirtilal & Sons. In her excitement, she enactment sweetener successful the rasam alternatively of salt. On the appointed day, I drove her to the grant ceremony. At the venue, I rapidly got retired of the driver’s spot and opened the doorway for her, befitting her presumption arsenic a diamond ringing winner. We went wrong and were seated broadside by broadside astir an oval table. There were respective different ladies winning prizes for assorted accomplishments. Then, a stern-looking pistillate successful her mid-forties entered and announced that the winners should beryllium successful the archetypal row, portion their attendants oregon friends should determination to the 2nd row. Sheepishly, I moved to the 2nd row, overmuch to Mithila Kannan’s amusement. Adding insult to injury, Mithila said, "Sorry."

It was past that I made up my caput to commencement posting articles successful IL. I rapidly garnered a captive audience. The climax was reached erstwhile Mithila’s nonfiction and excavation competed with each other, and excavation was selected arsenic the finest post. With a twinkle successful my eye, I told Mithila, "Sorry." The diamond ring, which my girl present wears, stands arsenic a testament to the enviable and endearing narration we had. The relationship continues.