Lina Dayamay Kashyap

A passionate grandma on a mission to make learning joyful for her grandchildren—and every child.

Books

Sun Sign

Pisces

Three things people don’t know about you?

1.Self-styled interior designer. 2. Closet artist—I refurbish old art. 3. Travelled to war zones for children, fearlessly.

What’s your greatest fear?

I fear that children are losing out on physical, social, and emotional play with peers, as digital life slowly replaces real-world games.

What is your greatest achievement?

Establishing the Centre for Disability Studies and Action at the School of Social Work, TISS Mumbai, in 2006.

High point of your life?

Getting selected in to MA Social Work programme at TISS Mumbai

Low point of your life

Witnessing a hearing-impaired client spiral into mental illness after losing her father and being neglected by her family—this painful experience led me to specialize in disability studies.

Which living person do you most admire?

Dalai Lama

Who is your favorite fictional hero?

Tenali Raman

Who is your favorite fictional villain?

None

Who are your favorite authors?

Dan Brown Amish Tripathi James Clavel

What are your 5 favorite books of all time?

1. Shogun 2. Autobiography of a Yogi 3. Leon Uris 4. Windows to our Children 5. Davinci Code

Is there a book you love to reread?

Windows to our Children Autobiography of a Yogi

What are your 5 favorite movies of all time?

1. Fiddler on the Roof 2. Laapata Ladies 3. Mahabharata (TV Show) 4. Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam 5. Zindagi na milegi dobara

One Superpower you wish you had?

To make an unloved child feel loved

Your epitaph would read? /Last line in your biography would be?

Lived life, queen size

If you had a time machine to take you back to any country and any time period, where would you choose to be for your childhood, adolosent , adult life and silver years?

I would not have liked it any other way

If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?

Singing

Which book you wish you had written ?

I wish I had written a book based on my thesis. Instead I chose to implement the findings.

When and where do you write ?

Sitting at my desk at home

Silence or music?

Depends Both

One phrase that you use most often?

See! It is like this .................

Do you have a writing ritual / superstition?

Before i begin , I close my eyes, centre myself and then I begin

What’s your guilty reading pleasure?

Reading my grand children's books

Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?

Write, only if you have something to say.

Lina Kashyap is an educator, social worker, and grandmother with over five decades of experience in working with children across contexts—from classrooms to conflict zones. She is the founding Chairperson of the Centre for Disability Studies and Action at the School of Social Work, TISS Mumbai, and has dedicated her life to creating inclusive learning environments.

A self-styled interior designer, a closet artist who loves reinventing old art, and a passionate advocate for play-based learning, Lina brings wisdom, warmth, and lived experience to everything she writes. She still believes in the power of stories, games, and human connection—and yes, she reads her grandchildren’s books with childlike wonder.



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