Jasveer Singh's Interview

AUTHOR INTERVIEW - JASVEER SINGH DANGI

1.] Introduction 

Jasveer is a behavioral trainer, and an award-winning health and safety professional. He is currently working as the Profit Center Head of a Health & Safety Training company. In 2018, he was awarded by IISSM for his contributions to the Health and Safety training domain. He was part of the team of trainers that trained 22,000 volunteers of Commonwealth Games 2010. In 2019 Literature Light recognized him as top 100 debut authors for his debut book Version One and a Half (Version 1 ½). He was also named as the ‘Author of the Fest’ at the Writing Wizards Fest 2020 for his book Double One Zero (110) – Out of the shadows. He loves the outdoors. He has done extensive high attitude climbing in India and Nepal. He is a big movie buff which also quite evident from him using quotes and songs from movies at strategic places in all his books. His first book ‘VERSION ONE AND A HALF (VERSION 1 ½)’, was published in Sept 2018. This was a self-help book. This book was his attempt to use childhood memories from 80's for solving problems in the present. It was written like a self-help book. His second book, a mix of non-fiction & fiction, ‘DIARY FROM HEAVEN’, was published in Jan 2019. He used stories from his own college life and initial days in corporate for this book. This book was well received because of its surreal portrayal of effects of drug addiction on the youth. His first fully fiction work, DOUBLE ONE ZERO (110) – OUT OF THE SHADOWS’, a thriller, was published on 16th Jan, 2020. This was a thriller about a man looking for his identity which takes him to France. His forth and shortest work, ‘THE METRO-MANIAC CHRONICLES’, was published on 9th April, 2020 during the lock-down in India due to Novel Corona Virus outbreak. The book describes various kinds’ of travelers in Delhi metro with a touch of humor and their mirror kinds in a typical work place. His fifth book, ‘SHAHENSHAH – STORY OF CANCER CONQUEROR SHRENIK SHAH’, will be out in the last week of June 2020. He’s an avid observer of his surroundings and uses characters and instances from his everyday situations for his stories. He also shares his thoughts on his blog on storymirror.com, jasveersinghdangi (Instagram account and his Facebook page) and his website www.jasveersingh.in

2.] What are the duties of an Author towards society?

 As an author our duty is to be honest & optimistic. Literary work has always impacted society in a big way so, our work, fiction or non-fiction, must present an honest & optimistic view of the society & life in general.  

3.] If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?

My younger self was not remotely related to writing in anyway but one message for a younger me would be, "focus shastri" (if you love movies as much as i do then you would know the meaning of this dialogue). As someone who had a non-tech education background, I was not focused at all during my initial corporate days. A message to my younger self would be to focus on things which matter most & ignore other things. 

4.] What do you owe the real people upon whom you base your characters?  

I have always been motivated by people & situations around me & I have used real life people & events as motivation for characters in my stories so I wanted to thank them for giving me so many colors for my stories.

5.] Do you view writing as a kind of Social Service especially when you write on social issues? 

Personally, I write for me. Writing started as a De-stressing tool & it has really helped me remain sane. More than others, writing is helping me to stay focused.

6.] How do you select the Title of your Book? 

All my nook titles are different & spontaneous. I cant describe it but it just happens that I come across unique names for my books in a flash. Usually I start without a name & through the writing process i come-up with the title.

7.] What are the important aspects while writing non-fiction? 

Be honest & true to the subject. Dont try to fiddle with the story to make it too spicy or interesting.

8.] What message would you like to give to people of our Society? 

Stop wasting time & start reading. Reading is the best solution for anxiety & stress & also it improves the thinking process.