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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: Kuki715



Now Sandy di will surely give Darshan 😆


I know, right? 😆

Originally posted by: Kuki715

Narad training course
Hailaaa🤣


Aren't we an adorable bunch?
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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: Kalgi22


Originally posted by lashy
Ok da... I'll do it tonight... ☺️ 6:30 7:00 PM ky time... ok?
Vekkam vekkama varadhu ☺️


Waiting! 🤪





Ufffooo... you girls na! 😆

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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: lashy


It means shy coming ☺️


Ohok ! 😊
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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: Kuki715

Originally posted by lashy


How else did you think Akbar tea would be, Sahiba?


Now Sandy di will surely give Darshan 😆


uhhuu uhhuuu...😆
Edited by cute.manasi - 6 years ago
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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: Unbeknown

Lashy - here are a few qs I thought of asking, donning a journalist role You might've said these things many a times, but for some of us who haven't been through this journey from the very beginning...so here you go


Awww I understand 🤗 there used to be a thing on this forum, ages ago... it used to be called the 'hot seat' where one member was chosen and the others would ask them questions ... ranging from what's your favourite flavour/colour to your first crush kinda koschuns... and there'd be hundreds of them! 😆

for some reason, this reminded me of it... though thankfully, there are only 5 questions here!


1. How did you think of HBAS - a historical romance, after writing NJAPA which is sort of contemporary and college going


I like variety. For any person who is in a creative field, there must be certain kind of variety and diversity in what they write, or the scenes shall start getting predictable and the phrases repetitive. I noticed this to be the case even amongst professional authors (who wrote book after book on the same genre!)
Which is why, after writing a contemporary romance, I was certain I would pick a different genre for the next venture (though I wasn't sure then that it would be historical!)
And yes, HBAS had formed in my mind primarily as a 21st century idea. But when I set my heart out to writing a 17th c story, I managed to convert it to the Historical equivalent.
Father's plot of land in Chennai = ancestral mansion and lands
Land grabbing mafia = prince and politics
Mafia's right hand man = Prince's assassin/spy
Partially sighted HR manager = Partially sighed diplomat
Greedy businessman engaged to didi = greedy prince from a neighbouring kingdom betrothed to jiji
and so on...😳
Certain elements made the conversion easier - the lack of mobile phones and laptops gives a lot of leeway to story/plot/thriller planning.

Certain elements made it far tougher - I had to research on times, distances, transportation, woodwork, currencies, dresses, food, language, customs, culture, cities etc in that particular era!

2. How do you put your journey so far, from NJAPA or the days before that if you have written any and we aren't aware of?

It sounds so cliched saying this - but yes, I do think I have come far... and I hope to continue onward in this journey in some form or another. I hope it doesn't come to an end here. I have learnt a lot and everyday continues to be a learning experience - no doubt about it!

These days, when I read other forums - Quora and the sort - 'clever' writing instantly stands out to me - something which would've never happened before! So yes, it has been and will continue to be a constant learning experience -where I've learnt that you might come across someone you're better than, but that there will also always be someone better than you!

3. We all know, you really really like all of us and support us in any way you could. How much does this affect your life and writing? I mean, we all tend to talk to you what all is happening in our lives. You don't have to answer if its too personal. I understand.

I was mentioning this to someone the other day, on the forum. It is only when it's coming to an end that I realise how much of a buffer this life had become, sponging up the tensions of the real world. After NJAPA this was not the case, because I immediately had Rithi and my life took a very busy turn. The forum was quite active then and PBD was also there to keep the Banjaras together.

With the end of HBAS, things will be different.

As for my friends here - if it were not for the baisas' support, I might not have been able to stick through the 2.5 years - that is for sure! So, you have all been immense support in ways you haven't yet realised (both, emotionally and creatively) and picked me up from the floor so many times without being aware of it!

4. How do you feel about connecting to all of us - e-family? How do you think you would feel when this all ends and you are thinking over all this at a later date?

I would look back at all of this fondly. There have been tough times too - but overall, I have gained such beautiful memories with my e-family. Nothing like the suda suda discussions and suda suda reviews... but words from NJAPA readers, 3 years later, still leaves me feeling warm and fuzzy. I hope that is how it'll be for HBAS too!

5. And how did you think of writing at all? we know you are active in all extra curricular activities. But writing and conveying something to a mass is something that has to come naturally. One can improve their style and everything over the course of their journey but it has to be in-built for one to start with. And I'm glad you decided to write for whatever reasons


Now for this, I'll have to say it just happened. I haven't been great at writing out essays at school or anything of the sort. Nor did I really attend any creative courses. Basically, frustration with ongoing story-lines and the bursting need to voice out an alternative approach to the story - THAT is how it started with Prithvi Raj Chauhan and THAT is what happened with the OSes and SS in Jodha Akbar too. Of course, the fact that I am an eternal 'dreamer' helped!😆
After the JA Short stories and one-shots were no longer enough of a vent for my growing frustrations at the abysmal storytelling on Indian TV, I decided to go about in a proper way from start to end. As a challenge. I used the same personalities, a simple approach, and vehemently wanted to do away with the cliches we always see!
And that's how NJAPA came into being. Being my first 'proper' story, it was also the first one that involved some amount of research. Readership-wise, it had a slow start because it was the first modern story amongst several other historical FFs. But by the end, it gave me a greater sense of success than I'd hoped to achieve.
HBAS was a step up from there - so much more research and far greater input time-wise was involved. It started off with a bang, fizzled down towards the end. But I cannot complain - the past couple of chapters have been slightly better. This forum is almost dead - so I consider the 70-odd readers coming back for the story, a positive outcome!😊

Anyhow; NONE of this would've happened without the baisas here... (I don't know if you've noticed, but I never refer to any of ya'll as readers, only friends)
So, thanks a ton for this journey,
For this experience
And for everything that came with it. 🤗
I get to chalk this down as a milestone in my life (and I hope you all feel the same way about it too!)


Edited by lashy - 6 years ago
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Posted: 6 years ago
Plz make a thread of all your short stories/OSes for us to relish.
I've read some of them, but don't want to miss any... 😳
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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: mama17

Plz make a thread of all your short stories/OSes for us to relish.
I've read some of them, but don't want to miss any... 😳


Ufff another 5 year plan that's never come to fruition

Will do 😃
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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: lashy


I know, right? 😆


Aren't we an adorable bunch?


Not as adorable as you ... Interview done 😆... A warm and very tight hug to you my Didu... 🤗 Hope you feel it🤗
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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: Kuki715


Not as adorable as you ... Interview done 😆... A warm and very tight hug to you my Didu... 🤗 Hope you feel it🤗


Whopeee whopeee... I did I just did. I did feel Cookie's hugs...


Wait... warm hug, did you say?


Edited by lashy - 6 years ago
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Posted: 6 years ago
Greeting's!
Pinky didu Bindup di Kalgi didu
Selvi didu Vathsy Di Manu didu
Lavanya di Rose didu
Tania Di
Rekha didu Divya di
Bindu di
Aunty Sandy di 🤗 🤗
🤗
And everyone 🤗🤗
Oh my my my Pinky didu where are your feet
i want touch them😳
nevertheless take a bow _/\_ _/\_ I just can't the
more i read the more i fell Hard for this novel 😳
the pain the surprise the action the emotion god
have some mercy you always took our breath away👏

my reaction on Khalil demand was like😡
where the heck I forget my gun 😡
and Khan bhaijaan acceptance to his demand made me 😲
what why Bhaijaan why😭 just how but then all the night
hunt's come on my mind😎 and the scenes when he saved
Harka Sahiba from that brute by shooting arrow from
a distance 👍🏼and hit the target perfectly even when that
brute and Harka Sahiba were hardly visible to him and
i knew how he gonna do it 😉
but that sense of relief was of no use to me because the way
your wrote the fight scenes was Nail biting for me😳

and then the action packed I swear Pinky didu I never
watch anything so keenly not even read chapter of my
books Like I read the chapter of this novel 😳
such a attention I had on it that i didn't realize my hand
was on The hot tea cup I realized hen it's already got
me burning sensation gravely silly me😆


But more then fight I was left stunned by the slight flashback
the line of Bhaijaan 'You can't! Because there is no
materialistic pleasure in this world that could
tempt me to betray my master...'

All the change of heart the prince was going though died
as soon he saw how his decision of punishing his was highly
Disapprove by everyone and then come the sehsnaha I though
he never gonna appear but he did and what a entry he took
superb never been so happy about any entry like his 😆

Pinky didu like many were guessing
I to thought it's Khan bhaijaan Mother
Because in previous threads there was discussion
about her making re'entry still I wasn't to sure
about it 😆 take it like i was partially sure and
partially unsure hanging on maybe mode 😆

you know I once told i read this to my dad as well
you know when I read the part
Sehenshah arrived he Mimic Amitabh Sir dialogue
Partially 😉 you must have heard it to 😆

(rishtey mein toh hum tumhare baap hote hai 😎
naam ha Sehnshah bas fark itna hai ki yahan
hum naam aur kaam dono se sehnshah hai😉) 😆

such a marvelous author you are nevertheless
I know I being annoying here for you all allot 😒
because i hardly visit here but what to do gotta have
exam from 20😡 and already UNI people are making us
Get consent headache by Hectic schedule and Lectures 😡
and many more things are on my hand to look on😒

As much it's hurt my heart to even let go of Shah sahib
I just can't help get awe by chota Zayan scene
the way he said I so wish to learn how to caught like this
made me chuckled to 😆
but he is nowhere near my Shah sahib though
Kuki can't let him go how can you think I will
this is so unfair 😭
Nevertheless I so like Ibrahim Bhaijaan Reaction
oh oh oh what to say I just so love the way you had
written their scenes while fight was going on 👏👏

And oh didu Harka Sahiba reaction on everything
and the scene when she thought but there is none
like him

Most awaiting meet Of our Lead
It would be an insult if I write any less😳 each scene
each para each line is commendable 👏

This is an instant reply for the chapter though 😒I still
have to say allot about update didu😉 as it's nothing
what i had in mind to speak about the double blast
updates 😆

but that's gonna take time as i have exam Sword on back 😡
Alright take care everyone will reappear here soon 😊


Edited by Rashmisingh9151 - 6 years ago

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