Writing is more than breathing and living and must become a way of life

“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholies the panic fear which is inherent in the human situation,”says Graham Greene.

All of us have some innate talents and we hardly realize it in the early stages of life. The current system of education is such that there is more emphasis on memorizing rather than thinking creatively; there is very little time for sports and other extracurricular activities.

It is only by extensive reading, one can develop the art of writing in an effortless fashion

Thanks to the teaching profession I could enjoy my reading and writing. Post-retirement, there is less space and compulsion to do both,  but I have the freedom to taste hundreds of books which still remain  absolutely virgin not opened up.

In the last 50 years I have recorded my reflections on life as also my subject. The supreme will not forgive me if I fail to put some order in the disorderly academic life. Revisiting my notebook/diary/journal by re reading and re-writing will act as a therapy satisfying to the soul besides reading many things under the sun.

when the writer Jeyakanthan told long ago  that his writing phase was over as he has done enough,his friend  the famous music legend Ilayaraja who was nearby told that he was now only starting .Writing  becomes inevitable when feelings overflow and you feel like expressing yourself.