Khushboo Gulrajani is a lecturer of English, a research scholar and a Ph. D student. She comes from the small town of Nadiad, Gujarat. Her areas of interest are postmodern studies and marginalized subjects. She is pursuing her Ph. D research on Select Indian Canadian Playwrights: a Diaspora Study. Khushboo writes fiction, articles, research papers, reviews and is a movie buff. Being a student of literature, she loves reading books that subvert the accepted notions set so far. She loves watching low-budget, off-beat movies. She desires to acquire a Master’s degree in Comparative Literature in the future and achieve her doctorate at the earliest. She debuted in the field of writing as a contributing author in the anthology ‘Secrets of Soul’. Many of her research papers in the field of English Literature have also been published in books and online.
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Please tell us something about yourself.
I am Khushboo Gulrajani and I am a student of literature. I have done my M.A and M.Phil in English Literature. I am an M.A – English Gold Medalist from Sardar Patel University. At present I am pursuing my Ph.D. research on Select Indian Canadian Playwrights: A Diaspora Study. I come from Nadiad, a small town in Gujarat, where writing has not utterly matured but few greenhorns like me are striving to change the perspective. Apart from being a research scholar,I am also a lecturer of English and my students are the source behind my smile and zeal. I have written quite a few research papers published in various books, e-journals and research journals. My first story to publish was “I Turned Twenty-five” in an anthology Secrets of Soul – 12 best feelings ever. I am a movie buff watching each and every movie that comes to me but adore only off-beat and low budget movies. I like reading books and watching movies that explore the absurd.
Coming from research background, what
attracted you towards literary field?
My area of research itself is literature. As I said I am a student of literature, I have grown up reading books from all the ages of English literature and few of American Literature. This field of literature is an enormous with innumerable theories emerging these days. So an amalgamation of research and literature appropriately defines my interest.
Writing fiction, articles, research
papers, reviews, what is that you enjoy most and why?
This is something tricky to answer. Let
me define what all means to me one by one. Fiction is my world where I can do
what I wish to. Article writing for me is highlighting or bringing change
towards what is happening around me. Research papers are my way of preparing a
dish of few pages with the ingredients of what a writer has written and what
theories I could apply to it. While reviews for me is doing inquest (sorry to
use this word) of books and movies the way I like as a reader and spectator respectively.
All of these fulfill different purpose and being diplomatically straightforward
you will find it difficult to get an answer from me.
What seems to be the best part of being
a writer according to you?
Freedom- the only word I could say.
Whatever you feel, you wish, you love; you can just pen it down. Once the
censorship enters this field, it will lose its charm. You spread your thoughts
on paper and fill yourself with lightness of being.
Life of a research scholar or life as an
author, which one is your favorite?
One more googly question! Research
scholar works from mind and author from heart. We, in life, too follow either
heart or mind to take significant decisions of future. Same is the role of both
for me.
There are many anthologies coming into
the market, what made you chose Moonlit Matine 3 amongst them?
Moonlit Matinee is a series of anthology
and its previous two anthologies have been a great success. Some of its past
contributing authors have now published their own novels. On the other hand it
also gives an opportunity to debutant writers, which others usually don’t. Who
won’t like to be the part of it?
What is your story, “How I fell in love” about in Moonlit Matinee?
My story “How I fell in Love” is entirely a fictive one. It is in the form of a diary entry which is read in the present time by the girl who has written it after her marriage. She chose to read the best pages of her diary which are depicted to the readers in the form of this story. Mahi, the center character of the story, is a very simple girl, who goes on a trekking camp with her girlfriends. She falls in love with the most happening guy over there. The romantic scenes between both of them will surely pass a chill in the reader’s body. It is a romantic story with a climax where readers may find themselves in a dilemma while predicting it. Does her love sustain or gets done with the camp is a question which will be answered when you read the story.
What is your story, “How I fell in love” about in Moonlit Matinee?
My story “How I fell in Love” is entirely a fictive one. It is in the form of a diary entry which is read in the present time by the girl who has written it after her marriage. She chose to read the best pages of her diary which are depicted to the readers in the form of this story. Mahi, the center character of the story, is a very simple girl, who goes on a trekking camp with her girlfriends. She falls in love with the most happening guy over there. The romantic scenes between both of them will surely pass a chill in the reader’s body. It is a romantic story with a climax where readers may find themselves in a dilemma while predicting it. Does her love sustain or gets done with the camp is a question which will be answered when you read the story.
Which characters are the lead
characters?
Mahi is the lead character in this story
followed by VJ. Mahi as I said is a simple girl. Though from a city, she
remains untouched by the culture of city life. She remains in the company of
her female friends; never talk about and to boys and don’t even party or wear
fashionable clothes. VJ is exactly opposite to her. He is the heart throb of
entire camp. Girls are fond of him; he parties hard and is full of life. Both
of them get infatuated towards each other.
Which feature of your story do you feel
will be the most loved one for the readers?
Of course the romantic feature. The
romance portrayed over here is a slowly evolved one; romance in its pure form.
As title shows, it’s about falling in love. Most of the readers are youth and
they love this ‘love thing.’ They will love ‘the love’ shown here.
Is your story inspired by real life
incidents or its purely fiction?
Oh! It’s a fiction. But I sincerely wish
this turns out to be someone’s real story and if not readers relate to it in
some or the other way.
How was the experience working with
Gargi Publishers?
It was phenomenal. The one word I can
say about the Gargi Publisher team is Industrious. They are really quick in
providing you the best. Whether it’s the founder, the editorial team or the
media, they are always on the toes to serve you. I wish to work again with
Gargi Publishers in future and will surely recommend it to the budding and renowned
authors. They also give good quality books at reasonable prices.
What would be your message for our
readers?
As it is known that if you want to get
knowledge and education altogether either travel the world or read books.
Especially young India must. You can live many lives in one life if you read
books. And don’t forget to buy Moonlit Matinee 3- The Notebook of Romance.
You can send me reviews and suggestions regarding my story and also about the
anthology on khushboo.gulrajani09@gmail.com. Happy Reading.
(This interview was taken by Nainika Gautam under the internship program by Gargi Publishers)
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