Author: Ravi Valluri Interview
Book name: A Tale of Parallels Author: Ravi Valluri 1. What was the most difficult part to write in the book "A Tale of Parallels"? It was a challenge to combat living in the Officer's Rest House at Sterling Road Chennai as my wife and I were holed up while the second wave of the pandemic struck our nation. We were relocated from Prayagraj to Chennai. We were living in a huge building , but the two of us were in one room. So it was a mental battle while living in a room. I had conceived the prompts and several stories were floating in my mind . In many ways , we were living in Agyatvas / exile I reckoned. Somehow , I wanted to draw a parallel from the epic Mahabharata while weaving these stories. Fortunately my son had sent a book on Mahabharata curated by the noted author DevDutt Pattnaik ( a Coffee Table Book brimming with illustrations and several stories). This was the magical moment. I would ...