is like my first actual work out in the world and then i was also ghost writing for my husbands company subsequently i was always writing these stories im talking of some 3035 years ago back then i thought why write when im already into acting nowadays of course everyone multitasks in 2018 my first book me and juhi baby was published by speaking tiger4 what is the toughest to write for you plays screen plays short stories or novels and whyto be honest i cant actually place it like that i initially did study screenplay writing but subconsciously my background in literature must have helped i wasnt reading much after my masters in english literature from miranda house in delhi but all that must have been inside somewhere so writing just came naturally to me5 you are an actor entrepreneur and writer how do you manage your timeapart from acting theatre and writing im an entrepreneur too we have a homestay in orchha we run an ngo we also have an art village in orchha and were trying to get bundelkhand on the culture map we are also organising the khajuraho literature festival for the last six years in my personal life my children are now grown up talking about juggling between work life and writing on some days i manage well while some other days are a disaster but i write whenever i get time though of course one does get a writers block sometimes you feel very dry its just like life also im not a laptop person i have this blue register in which all my stories are scribbled if i am inspired then ill sit on the desk and finish my writing i dont think about whom im writing it for and you know how it is for women when you are a working woman you have to multitask but if you are passionate about something then things happen6 tell us about your favourite writersi love chitra banerjee divakaruni and jhumpa lahiris writings in classics i like o henry and orhan pamuks works7 any tips for aspiring writersget over your fear because every human being has a story to tell in todays digital age you dont have to wait for a publisher you can get it selfpublished sometimes people say oh but this has been done before but i think that someone has done something as per their perspective there are only seven raags you cant say that you are following each other also you have to be driven by hunger and passion you have to write your story and not be a selfcritic believe that you have something so fabulous to write and you have to do that i believe each of us are so unique and have such fabulous things to say every human has an art which they should share8 what are you working on nexti have written a novel during called beyond khajuraho its about a fatherson duo and its also