Books
Libra
that I wrote a ‘novel’ when I was 14, I am obsessed with numbers, I can be really unreliable at times…!
that one day I will have nothing to do in life
negotiating 24 years of life with near blindness
The moment when I held a copy of my book ‘At University…’ in my hand and felt the satisfaction of having realised a 14-year old dream of being a published writer
The day I was awarded my doctorate in Economics since I felt like I had been swimming across an entire ocean only to reach an island where I realized there was nothing at all
Manish Khare-a friend, philosopher and guide
Edmond Dante, the protagonist of the novel ‘The Count of Monte Christo’
Long John Silver, Treasure Island
George Orwell, O’Henry, John Keats
Animal Farm (George Orwell), If God was a banker (Ravi Subramanyam), Confessions of an Economic Hitman (John Perkins) , Airborne to Chairborne (M. P. Anil Kumar), King Lear (Shakespeare)
A short story titled Cop and the Anthem by O’ Henry , Stephen Leacock’s works ‘My Financial Career’, ‘With the Photographer’
Step Mom, A Wednesday, Chillar Party, A Beautiful Mind , Koshish
To become invisible at will (it would be of greatest utility when I am in office I reckon….!)
In order to be able to dream big in life and be able to realize your dreams you need vision, not sight ….
I would be happy to spend all my life in Pune
I wish I could draw since my current reputation with this art form is that I cannot draw a straight line even with a scale
Can’t think of a book but I wish I could have written the following lines of Dorothy Parker “If I should labour through daylight and dark Consecrate, valorous, serious, true, Then on the world I may blazon my mark And what if I don’t and what if I do?’
Anywhere, anytime whenever a compelling thought arises in my mind . For instance, I wrote the title poem of my book At University... while waiting for a friend at a bus-stop in the campus of the University of Pune
Mostly music
Not anymore but early on in my career as a writer I used a particular ink-pen to copy my poems from rough pages to the poem notebook
I somehow always have an urge to read something random before an examination
Dont ever ‘decide’ to write; your best work will always come to you naturally and effortlessly
Kalyani Chitta is an academician by profession, presently associated with the Department of Economics, University of Pune as a visiting faculty for the M.A. programme in Economics and as a research associate, pursuing the PhD programme in the area of International Economics At University is her debut work as far as publication is concerned though writing has been her passion since childhood. Kalyani was diagnosed with a visual disorder at the age of nine that causes progressive loss of vision. However, this physical challenge is not reflected anywhere in the way she conducts her life, whether it's about her academics, her professional career or her attitude towards life. Her academic career is marked by brilliance and she has a number of mention-worthy achievements to her credit - the award of a National Merit Certificate by the Government of India for her outstanding performance at the HSC examination, qualification of the UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) in her very first attempt, research paper presentations at various national and international conferences - to name a few. On the professional front, she has been associated with various prestigious educational institutions in Pune as a teaching associate and is now steadily growing in stature as a researcher. She has also completed three years of training in Hindustani classical music. But Kalyani's greatest achievement is perhaps the attitude with which she has handled the nineteen years of her life with retinitis pigmentosa. Challenges never intimidate her; rather, they motivate her. Failures seldom dishearten her and the only regret she has is that she would have loved to drive a car, which she is presently unable to. In order to be able to dream (and dream big, preferably) and strive towards realizing your dream, you need vision, not sight- is a statement she has inscribed on the walls of her room and a thought she has put into practice through her exemplary grit and determination. I could write a book on Kalyani, but for the moment, all I wish to say is that Kalyani for me is 'Courage Personified'
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