In the writing community, they often say – “everyone has a book in them.” But only a select few manage to bring those stories into the world. Trisha Das knew she would be one of those authors since she was young.
Six books in and fresh off the release of her latest romcom The Grand Samara , the writer is nowhere near out of stories. The Das family seems to be blessed by words. Her brother comedian Vir Das can make almost anyone burst out laughing with his, and meanwhile Trisha Das imagines worlds into thin air with her words.
My mother always told me, “A good writer can paint a picture with their words.” Throughout our conversation, Trisha Das does just that with an unconscious ease. “Whether you’re reading a thick book or you’re watching whatever people are watching – at the end of the day a story is a story, and there are unlimited number of ways to tell stories.
” She tells me. Storytelling as Das puts it – is an experience that transcends five senses. “I think what stories do for us is that they make us aware of our sixth sense.
We experience the world with our five senses. But we also have an awareness of ourselves inside our brain, context and perspective that other species don’t have. And our sense of self, our experiences, the way that we want our lives to be validated really comes through in storytelling.
It plays upon that sixth sense. We see ourselves in it and we are given a myriad of emotions through those stories that we ourselves have f.
