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Anbu
The author, pen named Anbu, describes herself as a simple person with great dreams. She would like to be a socio-technocrat, utilizing her technical and creative skills for the ben...view moreThe author, pen named Anbu, describes herself as a simple person with great dreams. She would like to be a socio-technocrat, utilizing her technical and creative skills for the benefit of society.
A devout Hindu, she is greatly interested in learning about all the religions of the world.
The authors passion for English literature dates back to her school days. While her classmates found English classes challenging, and even baffling at times, she eagerly looked forward to taking the classes. She reveled in paraphrasing poems and summarizing Shakespeare. She attempted to get into each authors mind as she read those indelible lines on the sands of time.
William Wordsworth is her favorite writer, and she tries to emulate his style of displaying complex emotions using simple words.
After graduating from high school, she applied to colleges offering medical, engineering, and literature degrees. She got offer letters from all three. While she was in a dilemma, her brother convinced her to join engineering. Medical may be too demanding and not leave you time for anything else. But engineering would certainly let you indulge in literary pursuits. Thereby you could exercise both sides of your brainthe logical left and the creative right.
Engineer she became! College graduation, job, marriage, and kidall of these came in quick succession. Except for occasional stints at writing, she could not find time to practice her creativity. But even those small attempts were well-received by her professors and managers. You should write more, they encouraged.
The family moved to the U.S. in 1999 after a terror attack rocked their hometown. Although elite back home, they had to start from scratch in the U.S. And that meant time still eluded her.
Perseverance and will power took the family up the ladder of success. And finally the right time to write arrived. Here is her dream in print for you.view less