<p>As most of the people present had not yet read the book, Priti gave the gathering a brief outline of the plot and an overview of the characters. “The story revolves around Sadhavi, a married woman, who finds herself attracted to Kanav, a scholar and a teacher, whom she meets in Paris. An intelligent woman with a traditional upbringing, a modern liberal education, married into an orthodox Brahmin family, Sadhavi has not actively thought about or pursued a path which would fulfil her as an individual — till she comes to Paris,” she explained.<br /><br />Basically a poet with a background in English Literature, writing a full-length prose novel was something of an adventure for the author.<br />“I loved Paris and it influenced me in so many ways. While this novel was a project waiting to happen, it was a chance meeting with one of my professors in India in 2004 that worked as a catalyst. She advised me to write, using my extensive travel experiences as a background. That’s when I spurred myself on to write and finish this work,” says Priti.<br /><br /> She also talked about the intense personal experiences that linked her to the book including the search for her characters’ names. “My heroine is called Sadhavi as it is a name I have always loved. I even wanted my sister to name her baby Sadhavi if she had a girl. As for the name Kanav, I met a lady who had named her son Kanav which means ‘dream’. My character was nameless till I heard that name and realised it suited the brooding intellectual kind of person I had in mind perfectly,” she adds. Full of descriptive passages and emotional exchanges, Priti weaves a contemporary love story set in a beautiful city. A city that always evokes pleasurable images of romance, culture, food and fashion.<br /></p>
<p>As most of the people present had not yet read the book, Priti gave the gathering a brief outline of the plot and an overview of the characters. “The story revolves around Sadhavi, a married woman, who finds herself attracted to Kanav, a scholar and a teacher, whom she meets in Paris. An intelligent woman with a traditional upbringing, a modern liberal education, married into an orthodox Brahmin family, Sadhavi has not actively thought about or pursued a path which would fulfil her as an individual — till she comes to Paris,” she explained.<br /><br />Basically a poet with a background in English Literature, writing a full-length prose novel was something of an adventure for the author.<br />“I loved Paris and it influenced me in so many ways. While this novel was a project waiting to happen, it was a chance meeting with one of my professors in India in 2004 that worked as a catalyst. She advised me to write, using my extensive travel experiences as a background. That’s when I spurred myself on to write and finish this work,” says Priti.<br /><br /> She also talked about the intense personal experiences that linked her to the book including the search for her characters’ names. “My heroine is called Sadhavi as it is a name I have always loved. I even wanted my sister to name her baby Sadhavi if she had a girl. As for the name Kanav, I met a lady who had named her son Kanav which means ‘dream’. My character was nameless till I heard that name and realised it suited the brooding intellectual kind of person I had in mind perfectly,” she adds. Full of descriptive passages and emotional exchanges, Priti weaves a contemporary love story set in a beautiful city. A city that always evokes pleasurable images of romance, culture, food and fashion.<br /></p>
