Neelam Saxena Chandra is a bilingual novelist and poet with close to 80 published titles, the most recent being 'Beneath the dead skin', a book of poems that came out in October 2023, at the time of recording. She also has 3 records to her credit in the Limca Book- for.maximum number of titles published in a year, the second one for jointly writing a poetry book with her daughter making them the 1st mother daughter duo to do that and the third one, with her sister, for being the first sister duo to write a book of poems . 

For her writing, she has been decorated with numerous awards, the most recent being the Ruel International Lifetime Achievement Award.

In this episode I have a free wheeling chat with Neelam ji on:

• what really got her started with creative writing and then get hooked!
• are Indian adults letting down our children when it comes to children's literature?
• her secret to creative ideation!
• her tryst with folk music and dance : a trip down the memory lane
• her secret to turning out a back to back writing- some great tips for aspiring writers!
• why she is unimpressed and unhappy with ChatGP's creative ability & how she deals with its intrusion
• ..... and so much more!

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