00:00With me, I have a celebrated author, co-author of two bestsellers, the Leak Spark and the Leap Frog, Mr. Mukesh Sudh, whom his loved ones call Mickey.
00:13So I am taking the privilege to call him Mickey. I hope you won't mind, Mr. Mukesh.
00:18So Mickey, what does the JLF mean to you?
00:22JLF is a fantastic opportunity to meet a number of people from many, many backgrounds, have conversations, meet other writers and exchange ideas.
00:34And I think this is one of the world's best festivals. I've attended their festival in London too.
00:39But the size and the number of ideas floating around from this place is unbelievable.
00:46And Mukesh, what is the special about the two books which you are signing here for your readers?
00:50You know, I like writing short stories. And these two books are a bunch of short stories.
00:57One of them tells you about how to thrive for young people.
01:01And the other, as you know, is about how to be frugal and still scale something.
01:06But both of them are around stories. I don't like giving gyan.
01:09I think aash kal gyan koji ni sunta. In fact, people have more gyan than you and me have.
01:13So the idea is to give them a story and let them draw whatever influences they want from the story and use it.
01:20You know, I give an example of that if you look at painting, you don't ask the artist, why is it green or white?
01:25You bring your own life experience to the painting and interpret it.
01:30You can interpret it yourself.
01:31And your experience may be more than the author.
01:35So, what is your message for young authors and young audiences?
01:41If you aspire to be a writer, it's not about writing. It's about rewriting.
01:46You have to be dedicated. You have to allocate time every single day.
01:50Or shai idea ho na ho. Bait jaiye.
01:53When the ideas come, they will flow. And stories will write themselves out.
01:57But you have to persevere.
01:58Be there everyday. You know, we talk of the showing up on a daily basis, sit down there, no ideas and hide, put your phone off and just focus on your thoughts and something will come out.
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