Nagpur: Many other folks cross to self-help books if stuck in a bind, however the place do writers cross? Coming to their rescue is the Writers’ Rescue Centre (WRC), arrange by 25-year-old Nikhil Chandwani.
“Like every other particular person in bother, writers too wish to be rescued every now and then,” he says. “WRC shelters students thought to be failures in lifestyles, possibly with suicidal tendencies, depressed and annoyed. We help them write the book inside them, or even help in finding publishers and flourish.”
“Not all can develop into writers, however those who critically need to are repeatedly faced with dilemmas,” says Chandwani. “Like Siddharth Roy, a student of Hislop College, who was a compete loner and annoyed till we met. Now, at 18, he has a best-seller book ‘The Special Fish’ to his credit.”
Siddharth met Nikhil randomly some 3 years ago. “After a small chat, we went on a drive and stopped at a tea stall on Koradi Road, the place he helped me tide over my insecurities. In just five months, my beloved dream — to write down a book — got here true,” says Siddharth. He went on to be informed public speaking, and has given four TEDx speeches but even so lectures in 20 towns.
Abhishek Mohurley of Gadchiroli too was a dejected soul; having failed in physics 3 times, his father’s PhD within the subject just underlined his failures extra. Then WRC took place, and he ended up writing a Marathi book on Naxalism.
Vadodara-based Vishnu Chaudhari (writer of ‘Dream Beyond Infinity’) describes himself as a ‘depressed dropout’ who got wings of hope with WRC. “Without Nikhil Chandwani, this quest would by no means also have started,” says the 23-year-old.
WRC has even helped some other folks uncover they're writers deep down. Wheelchair-bound Nikhila Chalamalasetty of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, churned out her first book ‘The Day I Started Flying’ inside two months of assembly Chandwani. A public speaker and columnist, she was lately coated on VH-1 with a different message from actress Alia Bhat. “I had by no means even considered writing a book till Nikhil really helpful I try one,” she says.
Author of ‘The Tale of a Failed Topper’ Nitesh Yadav from Alwar, Rajasthan, is a young techguru, Josh Talk fellow, and TEDx speaker. He says, “I was mentored by WRC about finding out the pretty artwork of writing. In fact, I discovered Chandwani on Facebook and was tutored to wright the book on-line, literally.”
Forty-six-year-old academician Dr Shakila from Hyderabad, Telangana, met Chandwani on ConnectedIn. She feels Chandwani played a significant function in making the book ‘Odyssey of Spirit’ a fact. From child steps to the easiest execution, he has been the spine of enhance, she says.
Vellore-based Rajyavardhan Singh, who hails from Jaipur in Rajasthan, had suicidal tendencies. Somehow, he met Chandwani, who impressed him to write down a book, his dream. Thus got here ‘Map of a Lost Soul: Echoes of Lost Rhymes’. “I owe my luck to Nikhil sir, whom I name my guru,” he says. Rajyavardhan donated the primary royalty from the sale of his book to National Defence Fund by assembly Union defence minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathod.
Shreya Nair, a Keralite settled in Hyderabad, attributes her book ‘When Depression and I Became buddies’ to her exhausting work and WRC guidance.
Today, WRC boasts 150-plus successful writers. Co-founded by Chandwani and Neelima Tirumalasetti of Hyderabad, WRC has 3 centres in India — Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam and Hyderabad, and two out of the country — Georgia (Atlanta) and Singapore. Two extra centres — in Surat and Lonavla — are within the pipeline.
The best part of WRC is everything is free for the writers. “Right from recognizing those ‘troubled’ souls, to guiding them on find out how to write, and finding a publishing house, we do everything for them to first live to tell the tale after which thrive,” says Chandwani, himself an acclaimed young writer.
After passing out from Modern School, Koradi, in Nagpur, Chandwani pursued engineering from VIT University at Vellore, Tamil Nadu. In due path, he discovered his center was now not in engineering by in writing. So he left to pursue his dream.
At 18, he got here up along with his first novel ‘I Wrote Your Name In The Sky’ in 2012. There was no preventing after that. His subsequent book of poetry ‘Inked With Love’ (2012) gained the Arab Excel Award in English literature. Published in 2013, his 3rd book ‘Unsung Words’ was shortlisted for the United Kingdom Writers Forum Award. Today, he has to his credit six novels and four poetry books published in India, US and China.
Where does he get the money to run WRC? Chandwani says, “I pull in cash from my other ventures. WRC is extra like a project, than a career.”
“Like every other particular person in bother, writers too wish to be rescued every now and then,” he says. “WRC shelters students thought to be failures in lifestyles, possibly with suicidal tendencies, depressed and annoyed. We help them write the book inside them, or even help in finding publishers and flourish.”
“Not all can develop into writers, however those who critically need to are repeatedly faced with dilemmas,” says Chandwani. “Like Siddharth Roy, a student of Hislop College, who was a compete loner and annoyed till we met. Now, at 18, he has a best-seller book ‘The Special Fish’ to his credit.”
Siddharth met Nikhil randomly some 3 years ago. “After a small chat, we went on a drive and stopped at a tea stall on Koradi Road, the place he helped me tide over my insecurities. In just five months, my beloved dream — to write down a book — got here true,” says Siddharth. He went on to be informed public speaking, and has given four TEDx speeches but even so lectures in 20 towns.
Abhishek Mohurley of Gadchiroli too was a dejected soul; having failed in physics 3 times, his father’s PhD within the subject just underlined his failures extra. Then WRC took place, and he ended up writing a Marathi book on Naxalism.
Vadodara-based Vishnu Chaudhari (writer of ‘Dream Beyond Infinity’) describes himself as a ‘depressed dropout’ who got wings of hope with WRC. “Without Nikhil Chandwani, this quest would by no means also have started,” says the 23-year-old.
WRC has even helped some other folks uncover they're writers deep down. Wheelchair-bound Nikhila Chalamalasetty of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, churned out her first book ‘The Day I Started Flying’ inside two months of assembly Chandwani. A public speaker and columnist, she was lately coated on VH-1 with a different message from actress Alia Bhat. “I had by no means even considered writing a book till Nikhil really helpful I try one,” she says.
Author of ‘The Tale of a Failed Topper’ Nitesh Yadav from Alwar, Rajasthan, is a young techguru, Josh Talk fellow, and TEDx speaker. He says, “I was mentored by WRC about finding out the pretty artwork of writing. In fact, I discovered Chandwani on Facebook and was tutored to wright the book on-line, literally.”
Forty-six-year-old academician Dr Shakila from Hyderabad, Telangana, met Chandwani on ConnectedIn. She feels Chandwani played a significant function in making the book ‘Odyssey of Spirit’ a fact. From child steps to the easiest execution, he has been the spine of enhance, she says.
Vellore-based Rajyavardhan Singh, who hails from Jaipur in Rajasthan, had suicidal tendencies. Somehow, he met Chandwani, who impressed him to write down a book, his dream. Thus got here ‘Map of a Lost Soul: Echoes of Lost Rhymes’. “I owe my luck to Nikhil sir, whom I name my guru,” he says. Rajyavardhan donated the primary royalty from the sale of his book to National Defence Fund by assembly Union defence minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathod.
Shreya Nair, a Keralite settled in Hyderabad, attributes her book ‘When Depression and I Became buddies’ to her exhausting work and WRC guidance.
Today, WRC boasts 150-plus successful writers. Co-founded by Chandwani and Neelima Tirumalasetti of Hyderabad, WRC has 3 centres in India — Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam and Hyderabad, and two out of the country — Georgia (Atlanta) and Singapore. Two extra centres — in Surat and Lonavla — are within the pipeline.
The best part of WRC is everything is free for the writers. “Right from recognizing those ‘troubled’ souls, to guiding them on find out how to write, and finding a publishing house, we do everything for them to first live to tell the tale after which thrive,” says Chandwani, himself an acclaimed young writer.
After passing out from Modern School, Koradi, in Nagpur, Chandwani pursued engineering from VIT University at Vellore, Tamil Nadu. In due path, he discovered his center was now not in engineering by in writing. So he left to pursue his dream.
At 18, he got here up along with his first novel ‘I Wrote Your Name In The Sky’ in 2012. There was no preventing after that. His subsequent book of poetry ‘Inked With Love’ (2012) gained the Arab Excel Award in English literature. Published in 2013, his 3rd book ‘Unsung Words’ was shortlisted for the United Kingdom Writers Forum Award. Today, he has to his credit six novels and four poetry books published in India, US and China.
Where does he get the money to run WRC? Chandwani says, “I pull in cash from my other ventures. WRC is extra like a project, than a career.”
Turning a new page: Now, a rescue centre for writers to help battle depression
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