21/12/2017
PUNE: Every
person has an author hidden within him or her , we should talk to them and
unleash and discover the person within us opined well known crime journalist
and author Hussain Zaidi.
He along with Milee Ashwarya were hosting an event “Decoding
the Criminal Mind” organized by Penguin Blue Salt. In a candid conversation
with crime journalists and authors Jyoti Shelar , Sharmeen Hakim, Vibha Singh
and young Bilal Siddiqi, the panel narrated their experiences of writing books
on this subject and interviewing some of the most dreaded criminals .
Hussein Zaidi said that Blue Salt Penguin is an initiative for
those youngsters who are willing to write with a little bit of mentoring and
hand holding. We want to fill the void. Narrating their experience , Authors of
Six Minutes of Terror Nazia Sayed and Sharmeen Hakim said that coming out with
the book was a huge challenge . The advantage was that we had covered the
incidents on that day as journalists and so could relate to it. Nobody had
written a book about the train blasts in Mumbai before. It was important as the
city which never stops suddenly came to a standstill and the networks were jammed.
Jyoti Shelar who penned The Bhais of Bengaluru said that going
out of the city and writing about underworld in some other city was a
challenge. Bangalore underworld was not known as that in Mumbai. I tried to
trace the history and some events which helped transform the local criminals
into the underworld mafia.
Referring to her book Convenient Culprit Vibha Singh said that
Life is stranger than fiction in a lot of ways. And fiction is inspired by the
happenings around you. Once you start asking a lot of questions facts and
fiction start to match up. A good writer should always read a lot. And
everybody of us has favourite authors but with every experience we grow out of
that . So I always concentrate on good content as every author doesn’t always
deliver .
Working as a catalyst for Nazia Sayed and Sharmeen Hakim
the Authors of Six Minutes of Terror, Jyoti Shelar added that as a
journalist you need to file your stories first and then burn the midnight oil
and work hard for your book. As a journalist once you start reporting on crime
you start to shed your fear and that helped in interviewing the dreaded
criminals.
Twenty Three Years Old and author of three books Bilal Siddiqi
narrated his experience on authoring the book The Kiss of Life for Emraan
Hashmi which talks about his son suffering from Cancer. I first thought it
would be difficult but Emraan himself used to write large part of the story .
However being in the shoes of a famous star and a father and then writing a
book was a challenge. Applauding the dedication of Bilal , Hussain Zaidi said
that unless your prodigy makes you feel insecure you won’t be successful and
looking at Bilal I feel the same.
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