<p>Actor Sameera Reddy will make her debut as an author with a book encouraging women to be comfortable being "imperfectly perfect" and dealing with issues like body positivity and mental health, announced publishing house Westland on Sunday.</p>.<p>It will chronicle Reddy's journey as an insecure teenager, her struggles during her modelling days and as an actor, dealing with postpartum depression and weight gain. The yet-to-be titled book will hit the stands next year, they added.</p>.<p>Reddy, who has been using Instagram to chronicle the reality behind the glamour of showbiz, said her inbox is flooded with messages from women desperate to find a way out of "depression" and "self-hatred".</p>.<p>The 41-year-old actor described the book as an "honest" dialogue on how to go about reaching a place where "one can be kind to oneself and ready to feel happiness".</p>.<p>"Finally got down to doing the unimaginable, which is sharing my story with the world of women, who continue to inspire me every day. I intend to make the book bold, brazen and above all - original. It is my small effort to keep the fire alive," said Reddy.</p>.<p>According to Westland, it is a much-needed book in this day and age when there is an immense pressure on women to look and behave in a certain way - a compulsion that has only increased because of social media.</p>.<p>"Sameera's openness about her own reality - in the way she speaks, the articles she writes and in her social media accounts - has touched a chord with women across the country. We're delighted to be publishing a book by her and hope that it will allow women more space to accept that they are 'imperfectly perfect",' said Deepthi Talwar, Chief Editor, Westland Publications.</p>
<p>Actor Sameera Reddy will make her debut as an author with a book encouraging women to be comfortable being "imperfectly perfect" and dealing with issues like body positivity and mental health, announced publishing house Westland on Sunday.</p>.<p>It will chronicle Reddy's journey as an insecure teenager, her struggles during her modelling days and as an actor, dealing with postpartum depression and weight gain. The yet-to-be titled book will hit the stands next year, they added.</p>.<p>Reddy, who has been using Instagram to chronicle the reality behind the glamour of showbiz, said her inbox is flooded with messages from women desperate to find a way out of "depression" and "self-hatred".</p>.<p>The 41-year-old actor described the book as an "honest" dialogue on how to go about reaching a place where "one can be kind to oneself and ready to feel happiness".</p>.<p>"Finally got down to doing the unimaginable, which is sharing my story with the world of women, who continue to inspire me every day. I intend to make the book bold, brazen and above all - original. It is my small effort to keep the fire alive," said Reddy.</p>.<p>According to Westland, it is a much-needed book in this day and age when there is an immense pressure on women to look and behave in a certain way - a compulsion that has only increased because of social media.</p>.<p>"Sameera's openness about her own reality - in the way she speaks, the articles she writes and in her social media accounts - has touched a chord with women across the country. We're delighted to be publishing a book by her and hope that it will allow women more space to accept that they are 'imperfectly perfect",' said Deepthi Talwar, Chief Editor, Westland Publications.</p>