NAW- Was it difficult to write A King Cobra’s Summer which is meant for children? Not many authors tend to write for children in India. I’d have to clear my schedule of deadlines to attempt it. It’s so much harder and takes much longer to move the story from point A to B. So far I have written prose but I’d love to write a ballad. NAW- Do you write prose only or delve into other genres also? I’m still in the business of story-telling, I merely changed my medium of expression. I enjoyed writing scripts and I had written articles about our filmmaking experiences, so I thought I’d explore writing as a career. But I was at a loss – I didn’t have any other skills. A few years later, at age 34, I quit filmmaking. But when I graduated from school, I didn’t think of writing as a career option. I wrote various stories and essays right through school as part of class work and for my own pleasure. But I also wanted to be a painter, a pilot, and many other things. My mother says I went through a childhood phase when I said I wanted to be a writer. There was no definite moment or age when I discovered I wanted to write. NAW- When did your literary journey begin? At what age did you discover that you wanted to write? She lives with her husband in Tamil Nadu where they run a farm together. A collection from her popular column in The Hindu ‘My Husband and Other Animals’ was published in 2012. It ranked among the top 12 publications for children for that year. Janaki Lenin’s first book ‘A King Cobra’s Summer’ for children was published by Pratham Books in 2011.
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