Small-town Sanksrit-speaking boy's journey to becoming English novelist

Representation picHaving studied in a Sanskritmedium school and watching other children read English books life has come a full circle for smalltown author Anuj Tiwari who now has four novels in the language to his credit But the journey has not been an easy one for Tiwari who was born and brought up in Uttar Pradeshs Bareilly where he dreamt of writing books but kept those dreams to himself for the fear of being mocked atI have not read any book I come from a school where there were no English books and seeing my neighbourhood reading colourful storybooks I started building dreams about writing books rather than reading them as that looked fascinating but I kept those dreams to myself for fear of being mocked at he says Tiwari recollects that his Sanskrit was much better than his Hindi and of course than his English But it was his determination to impress someone that led him to write his first book Journey of Two Hearts in 2012 that changed everything for himLife is so stubborn and teaches us everything that we dont want to the 29yearold remarks about the seemingly daunting task Two more novels followed in the course of next four years turning Tiwari who writes inspiring stories based on reallife incidents into a motivational speaker too Tiwari whose latest I Tagged Her in my Heart brought out by Rupa Publications hit stores recently insists that more than commerce inspiration drives his writing when asked why he has stuck to the same genre in his fourth novelI only write what inspires me There are no commercial benefits I think about before writing a book or there is nothing I am stuck at I feel connected with what I write and I make sure that my readers feel the same I enjoy what I am doing so that continues he says Asked about the purpose of his books Tiwari says his first two books were autobiographical while the two that followed were inspirational And thats the sole purpose I continued writing My books are real stories When we are in trouble we know people cannot solve our problems even the ones close to us But we do need those people to provide us with a shoulder to cry on and to make us believe that we are not weak My books are those shoulders he saysCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever