My journey to writing was not a straight path. I tried my hand at many things, searching for a craft that felt like my own, but it was writing that finally took root. I discovered it wasn't just a skill; it was a form of meditation. In the quiet of writing, you can step outside of yourself and truly get inside the head of a character, feeling their hopes and their heartbreaks as if they were your own.
But the most profound discovery was the feeling of creation. To build a universe from a blank page, to set its rules, to breathe life into its people, and to watch it grow—it's the closest a person can come to being a creator. That feeling, of shaping a world that is entirely your own, is what turned a simple interest into a lifelong passion.
Every writer has a first love, and mine was Vijali. Written in my mother tongue, Gujarati, it was a project born from the heart. I poured myself into it for three years, and what started small grew into a massive, three-part work that I thought would define me. Two parts completed, the third part? still waiting for my motivation.
For a long time, the conversation stopped. I faced a writer's block—not for writing in general, but for Vijali specifically. The silence was painful. In that quiet, however, I discovered that my identity was not tied to one book, but to the act of writing itself. New ideas, like new friends, began to appear, demanding my attention. While Vijali waits patiently for its time to return, my journey as a writer continues, richer and more diverse than I ever imagined.
A writer's mind is a garden where many seeds are planted. For years, I planted with enthusiasm, starting stories that sprouted with promise but were left to wait for the right season. These were my "half-baked" novels—worlds rich with potential, but incomplete.
The year 2025 became my season of harvest. I made a conscious decision to return to that garden, to tend to the saplings I had neglected. It was an act of honoring past creativity, of giving those waiting characters the endings they deserved. By completing these works, I wasn't just clearing the ground for new seeds; I was strengthening my own roots as a writer. The journey continues, but now with the deep satisfaction of having brought a long-promised harvest home.