It took me years to come out of the writer’s block. All those who are not writing have many reasons not to write including the question why should I ?
It took me years to come out of the writer’s block. All those who are not writing have many reasons not to write including the question why should I ?
What made me write ?
As an answer to that I will reproduce an extract of a conversation between a friend and me :
“I write and I have a blog, though I don’t think I am a writer, yet, have you read it”
“No, yaar, I don’t read blogs, I don’t have the patience, what do you write about “
“Well, about this and that I did not know what to tell him. A few posts flashed past in my mind and I could not place them under any category. It’s about some small talk with a kid or a senior citizen, or some female passengers, a lady lottery ticket seller, marriage ceremony, a travel, midlife crisis, let go……, I think I should go back and check what I write about.”
This is what I told him. I am sure he did not understand.
” Do you make any money”
” No”
” What a waste of time, why do you write”
“I have not thought about it, well, one thing I know I get immense pleasure while I write. I have a platform of my own, I don’t have to worry about my limitations of my writing, grammar do not matter, I don’t need anybody’s approval, no body to reject it like a publisher, people who likes me likes them whether they read or not, some body comments only if they have the urge to, else the rest keeps quiet.”
“It keeps me connected with people. I can say what I want without being interrupted, some of the posts triggers their memory of their own experiences, and so on”.
” I give meaning to a lot of insignificant things in my life”.
” You know, no event in life has any sense, it is we who give meanings to it and then we react to it our own way”
” That’s why, what is important for me is not as important for you”
” I don’t worry about my language and it’s correctness, because mostly it has a spoken style”.
“I adapted that style to cover my deficiency in English language”.
And with the encouragement of my friends and well wishers , I kept writing and the readers had option to read or not to read.
Friends at different times suggested it’s time, I should write a book. No way and it continued.
Chanced upon an ad, which said they can help create an ebook without any hassles, free of cost.
The curiosity took me ahead and I filled up the contents into a file and the software helped me create an ebook in few steps and it was on the shelf of the pencil store.
I directed the proceeds from the ebook to support the orphaned kids of the covid victims. I managed to donate Rs 25,000, a small amount for an enormous problem.
It was an ebook from pencil store, downloading was tedious , put many of them off. With the low price and additional donation from my friends, I could manage close to Rs 25,000
Now the ebook and paper back editions are available in Amazon, flipkart, Barnes and noble and few others
This is available in amazon.in
https://www.flipkart.com/this-and-that/p/itmde96778ff113d
For US and other countries
Rajmenon's Blog 
Sir you looks valluvar rather vaduthala Nair. Lol.
Congratulations, will get it soon. I am proud of being your class fellow, it raises my stature. Regards
I have better reasons to be proud of your association and your service to the society