The recession that stuck the world economy in mid 2008 spurred Journalist tuned author Vani’s debut novel, The Recession Groom . She says, “It is an entertaining story that tracks the fascinating journey of a young Indian IT professional across the period of global credit crisis and his adventures to find his ‘perfect partner’. It took me two and a half years to write the book. I talked to many IT professionals and have made an attempt to incorporate their lifestyle and work issues in the book.”
The book happened because Vani was bored of writing business stories. “I initially began writing a chic lit novel, though it did not work out. In 2008, I left my full time job in India to pursue an MBA degree from Kingston University in London and witnessed how global recession affected the Western economies. As redundancies, bankruptcies and foreclosures became everyday stories, I often thought about how it would affect the life of an average middle class Indian and his chances of finding happiness. “
I decided to write the book from the perspective of a male IT professional in search for a groom. “It was tough to write from the male perspective. My male friends helped me a lot. I hope that I have done justice to all the characters in the book.”
An avid reader, she enjoys reading the works of Jane Austen, J.R.R. Tolkien, George R.R. Martin, Stephen King, John Grisham, J.K. Rowling, Dan Brown, Ravi Subramanian and Amitav Ghosh. She adds, “Alice Walker is also a favourite and I simply love her book, ‘The Colour Purple’. I would love to emulate her style of writing.”
Vani is planning a trilogy.” I have already started to work on the second book in the series and began to lay the groundwork for the third book as well.”
