Interacting with young readers at a “Meet and Greet the Writer” session, author Nidra Naik very candidly admitted that writing in simple English language is the most difficult job for an Indian writer.
“But it is always advantageous to write in simple language for the writer is able to communicate with a large audience through it,” Nidra said as she spoke to some of her readers in Bhubaneswar on Saturday evening.
The Oxford Book Shop of Bhubaneswar organised the session at its bookshop where it gave an opportunity to the readers to interact with the writer of The Bhubaneswar Times, the first romantic fiction of Nidra that was launched last month.
Answering to some of the queries of her readers, Nidra explained that the protagonist character of her book was a very adamant and easy going girl, who transformed herself to a ‘lady’ when she met her lover. But she moved into womanhood after she was separated from her lover, Nidra explained about the phases of transformation of the main character of her book.
Daughter of eminent music director and lyricist Swarup Naik, Nidra has ventured into writing after completing her MBA, and The Bhubaneswar Times published in India by Frog Books, an imprint of leadstart Publishing Pvt ltd, is now receiving a lot of creative appreciations in Odisha.
Eminent writer Hara Prasad Das has made a special mention about the language of the book, saying the young writer has taken a lot of pain in writing the book in contemporary English. Das has also appreciated the storytelling ability of the writer, saying that he completed reading the book of 230 pages in one sitting.
Congratulating Nidra for her maiden work, many readers and writers of the State hope to see her continue her good work and give them more and more literary creations in future.