mid-day at JLF: Author Anuja Chauhan talks books, movies and men
Updated On: 23 January, 2016 02:19 PM IST | Suprita Mitter
Popular chick-lit author Anuja Chauhan gets candid in our rapid fire round
Q) If not a writer, what would you be?
A. I’d be a carpenter or I'd be a tailor. Actually I’d be a very good tailor. I have a sewing machine; I do a lot of my own stuff and I'm good at it.
Q) What genre would you like to experiment with?
A. Maybe a crime novel, but essentially something that is happy. I'm not a fan of depressing literature.
Q) Teenage girls swoon about your male characters. Do real men inspire them?
A. Yes! Some of them speak more smoothly than their real life counterparts.
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Q) What are you currently reading?
A. I just finished reading a biography on Shammi Kapoor and one on the works of Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
Q) Favourite recent movie
A. The latest Star Wars movie.
Q) Favourite book
A. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.
Q) Tip for young authors
A. Keep it authentic.
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