Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 1:01
🤯 Explo the world of Science and Spaces 📚Ft. Conversation with SB. Divya
Are you ready for super interesting conversation around science and space? Then prepare yourself to embark on an exhilarating journey through the cosmos as we dive into the epic space opera Mehru by the renowned author Sbdavia. In this thrilling tale of aspiration, compassion, redemption, a remarkable woman and her daring pilot are poised to shape the future of our species. Set against the backdrop of the universe, where human alloy relations redefine the boundaries of existence, jayanthi and Waha venture into the uncharted planet of Meru
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 1:33
I would once again extend a very warm welcome welcome to her. And yes, Davia, please tell us how did you started your writing journey since your background aligns with neuroscience and electrical engineering? So how did this writing thing happen to you? And was it your passion since your early childhood? Or what was the journey behind it?
I had a young child and I just wanted to do something for myself that was kind of my own time and I still enjoyed writing and wanted to write fiction at some point and kind of became a why not today? Situation. So I took some online classes and began writing short stories and trying to get them published
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 0:45
Meru, the Blurb mentions that Jayanthi and Waha have been set up to fail. Can you elaborate a little on the challenges and the obstacles that they encounter? And how do they navigate these adversities in the quest to change the future of species? And since the failures are a part of life, how do they overcome from that?
You sure. I'd be happy to talk about some of the challenges and obstacles that they face along the way in this world. I will try not to spoil the story too much for anyone because it is fun, of course, to discover how they get past these things. But the world of Meru is set 1000 years in the future when the descendants of humanities called the Alloys, they live in outer space and human beings are mostly confined to the Earth for their own good. They have accepted this
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 0:46
I am intrigued with the plot and pretty sure our audience and the readers who have read the book might have loved reading your book because the plot sounds so interesting and so gripping, like discovering the whole new planet and then the journey starts quite interesting. So since you know, the new planet Mirror has been discovered, it explores the themes of aspiration compared and redemption. So how do these themes resonate throughout your book, throughout the plot and the characters that you have stated in the book?
This idea of Terraforming has been around in science fiction for a very long time, that we can take a rocky planet and we can turn it into another Earth. And I wanted this book to question whether we should do that. And if something like Panpsychism is true, how might that change the way people choose to live in this society? What are their rules? And that's where this idea of aspiration and compassion come in
mannya nayar
@shesalliwannabe · 0:19
Hello, mom. Good evening. It feels like such a pleasure to be able to ask you a question. So my question is, how do you think the younger you would have reacted to seeing just you now grown and wanting to be where she is right now? Thank you
You. Hi. Thank you so much for the question about the younger me and the older me. And I would have to say the younger me would be really thrilled. My writing journey has gone already beyond my wildest dreams. I've been nominated for several major awards in science fiction. I'm working on my third novel. I have five books to my name already in ten years of my writing career
Vipin Kamble
@Vipin0124 · 1:39
You good evening Deviat congratulations for the amazing book something different from the conventional to be honest and salute to the dedication you have chosen a different subject. It and worked hard and you have come up with a beautiful book. My query in mind like the question how did you work out the characters? Because it's a projection of thousand years of future
And I studied physics and astronomy first in college and then switched to an interdisciplinary subject called computational neuroscience, where I learned some electrical engineering, a lot of biology and computer science as well. So I tried to integrate all these different pieces. The novel has a lot of plot points and thematic elements around genetic engineering, but also space travel. And I tried to invent some new physics for that. So I really kind of drew on these different areas
5203anushka navetia
@pavtr · 1:15
In regard to that, what I want to question is that, as you mentioned, that within your book, you try to show the different point of view or perspective of people that humankind does not deserve a second chance because of the fact that they have, to a large extent, destroyed the earth that they have inhabited. How do you then go ahead and make these people seem likeable how do you create three dimensional figures to show that?
I really like stories of redemption, of people who've done something wrong, who've made mistakes, but they recognize the error of their ways, and they're able to change and improve. In the case of this particular story, Janthi is the one who is trying to create this exception for humanity, right? And she is the main character
Mayuri Kannan
@mayurikannan · 0:47
So I'm asking this from a point of view of a blog writer so I write blogs but it is so basic and I don't write often actually because of college schedule all so this is my question to your mom. Thank you
Hi. First off, great job on going to law school. That's a wonderful accomplishment, and I hope you have a really good career in law. As for being an early writer, I'm not sure there's one specific thing to focus on, but I think the most critical piece is to do some writing, whether it's journaling or blogging, but to keep doing it on a regular basis
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 1:39
Okay, so since you belong to the science background that is neuroscience and signal processing and you have been into electrical engineering for over past 20 years, what is that one difference that you have seen in your life after you started writing? Like, being in profession is one thing, but then following your passion and what you love doing and following your heart is another the thing
You. Hi, sonali. To answer your question, I do want to say that engineering and science is also my passion. So while I spent 20 years working in technology, and writing is maybe more of a dream career, I definitely enjoyed my work prior to becoming a writer as well, but it has definitely changed me. I would say the biggest is having this kind of public presence and interacting with people. As an engineer, I was primarily at my desk in front of a computer
Charvi Dhiran
@charvi24 · 0:27
Oh, hi, Ma'am. This is such an inspiring journey. And my question was what made you understand what kind of genre of writing you were into? And what got you out of the various doubts that you had? The self doubts. And what brought in the confidence to go ahead and publish a book and be confident about it? Selling. That is all I wanted to ask
And I guess what helped me is just perseverance talking to other authors, just like you're listening to me today, knowing that you could be rejected 100 times and still end up getting published one day. The authors I know who are successful, most of them have struggled somewhere along the way. Sometimes people are successful very quickly, but then they have a long spell where nothing is getting published. Other people, they struggle for many, many years, and then they have a great deal of success
Hello, ma'am. This is Sushma, and it is an honor to have you answering my question. So I also find the space theories and science theories regarding space very interesting, and that is a topic that I really like studying about. And you have written a book on that topic that I'm most definitely looking forward to read it. My question goes that what made you inspire to write that book. What was your point inspiration that made you go like that?
You. Hi, Sushma. I'm so glad you also enjoy space and space physics. To be clear, this book is a work of fiction, not nonfiction, on space science. But, you know, there's a long tradition in science fiction of writing books about space travel, and of what got the idea into my head was my previous two books, Runtime and Machine Hood, are very near science fiction. They're about cybernetic technology and artificial intelligence and very close to our present comparatively
Sonali Sharma
@authorsonali · 1:07
And this, this last question I make sure to ask every guest of us because I feel this question gives a bit of more clarity to our audience, be it professional life, be it personal life. So, yeah, coming to the last question, what I would like to ask is what is that one life principle or life mantra that you follow in your life?
And not all of my fiction is necessarily nonviolent just because the unfortunate reality is we do have to deal with that in our present circumstances especially. But Meru was really a dream of a book to write from that standpoint because I could create a society that embraced the same value system. And I hope that all of you go in peace for the rest of today and the weekend and really want to thank everyone else who participated and asked questions today as well. And I hope you enjoy reading the book
Cherry Gupta
@cherrygupta · 0:43
Hi there. I am cherrygupta. So I wanted to ask you that since you've written a science fiction, where do you think of the setting? Like, for example, the setting is not in this world, right? So how do you think of the setting? Like, was it only imaginary or were you inspired by a real event? And what challenge do you challenges you like basically faced in thinking for that setting?
And so some of it I discover in the process of writing that I need to develop a detail like that. And some of it I do upfront. But it's one of my favorite aspects of writing, especially for science fiction and fantasy, is this idea of building a new world. And it's easy to spend a lot of time on it. So it it really comes down to how much you like it and how much you want to invest
Hello ma'am. I am Gazamri Gupta and I would first like to congratulate you for your book Meru. My question to you is that why have you chosen this title Meru and what does it mean? So that's my question and I wish you all the best for the future. Lots of success to you and all my best wishes to