She has also written a book which was launched on October 4, 2008, entitled “34 Bubblegums and Candies“. Read on to know more about her blog and her mamma/wife-y moments.
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1. To start with, Mrs. Shenoy (Sounds so weird. :|) - Your profilesays - "Author, Artist, Poet, Mom!" - while the title of your blog says "Just a mother of two!", er, what do we conclude?
A: You could either conclude that I am very humble or you could conclude that I am Multi talented, depending on whether you view that glass of___________ (insert age appropriate beverage) as half full or half empty :-)
You can call me Preeti. I usually use Mrs.Shenoy only when I call up my husband's office and I want them to transfer the call to him real quick. It always works :-)
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2. You have a Wiki page on yourself, too - How does that feel? Proud to show your children, (who will some day complete their homework by Wiki!) a page on their mother?
A: Oh—ahh--.. Er...It's no big deal. (Mad or what?! Feels super!) Yes, I do feel proud but then I also scroll down to the end of that same wiki page and see the tag 'Living people' :P It is enough to bring me back to Earth :-) (and to remind me how fragile and fleeting life truly is)
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3. So much love you get from your blog readers, does your husband ever feel jealous with your name and fame? :P
A: He wears brass knuckles with spikes. He did bash up one guy once who wrote me a 24 page love letter. Just kidding. :-)
No—he has been remarkably supportive and understanding. If he had been jealous I don’t think my first book would have seen light of the day. He does feel very proud of my achievements.
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4. Er, okay, I myself am nervous drafting the first interview of my blogging career - what do you have to say about it?
A: Very different from the usual set of questions I am asked. I am enjoying this :-) So relax and you enjoy too :-)
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5. Did the book help your blog? Or, your blog helped the book? Or, something of this sort? :|
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6. Wait, how the hell on Earth did your blog actually get so popular? What questions did you have in your mind while starting a blog? How did it?
A: It did not happen overnight. It grew and grew and grew and just wouldn’t stop growing.(Maybe someone fed it extra growth hormones) To be honest my only question when I first started it was how to hide my identity! I wasn’t sure what I was getting into.
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7. How do you manage to be so optimistic, and cheerful? It's embarrassing for young bloggers (You look younger than me, though!) like me to believe that optimistic view of yours for life?
A: When I was a baby I fell into the happy potion. My folks didn’t want to get me out but the Druid said I was talking too much and was distracting him. So they had to reluctantly take me away. :-)
Seriously, I guess it seems like that because I focus only on the positive. Plus, I am truly lucky to have a great set of friends who are a lot of fun. We laugh so much when we talk. Many a time it is silliness. Helps to balance the ‘seriousness’ of life. It is too short to NOT have fun.
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8. You write articles, you paint, you write poems, you're a mother - OMG, and so much optimism around - How do you manage so much? It's just too much, trust me! :o You could have been the Management head of
something!
A: Had I been management head I’d have been cribbing about bonuses and cubicles and who did not deserve that promotion and how bad the coffee is and how twitter and FB are blocked in office :P :-) Now since I am a mom, I get to boss everyone around :-) I cannot complain about the coffee too as I have to make it myself :-) (Okay--husband wakes me up with coffee each morning. Now, I really cannot complain :-) )
How I manage so much—I work late into nights after kids sleep and I work long hours. I snatch time whenever I can. I organise things so I make time for stuff that truly matters to me.
10. Heard that your next book is a love story based on the eighties? Mind sharing some "breaking information" with your readers about it?
A: Very soon I will be writing the synopsis and what it is all about. It is a full length fiction. Cannot reveal more at this point. Please join http://www.facebook.com/pages/
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11. Do you think will you change something in your life if given a chance?
A: Of course. I’d give myself powers to teleport :-) Then I can come to India in a jiffy and come back here just as quickly. What fun!
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12. What do you think you would have been in your previous life, if you were a participant of "Raaz Pichle Janam Kaa?" :P
A: I had to google that and read up about the show.( I don’t watch TV at all). I might have been Jhansi ki rani or Chandrashekar Azad! (That explains the strong patriotic zeal I have) Then again maybe I was Van Gogh or Rene Magritte. (which explains the artistic streak) Then again maybe I was just an unknown, obscure librarian, living happily in her world of books.
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13. Don't you feel insecure by the blog of your kids? Man, they too are popular, now! :|
A: Shhhh..don’t tell them! They have no clue :-)
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14. Don't you think, taking my first interview, I was lame... frustrated, boring, and sounded stupid? No, wait, seriously.
A: Not lame—quite tame. Not Frustrated—Neither R rated :-) Not boring—maybe exploring
Not stupid—and I did not blow a lid :P
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15. Okay. Let us end this on a scary note. I was lame, I accept.. you are better, I accept that too! Thank you so much for wasting your precious time answering these silly questions of no use, Preeti. One
last question, answer whatever you felt I could have asked more! :|
A: :-) I enjoyed it as much as you. Thank you :-)
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PS: The best part was that you guys didn't even notice that the 9th question was missing - this is what she does to you with her writings. Make you feel lost, and ignore the negative things. :-)
