Nikitha Hingad Interview – Philia and Sophia Book

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Nikitha Hingad is a young author from Bengaluru, India. She is a graduate in commerce and is currently pursuing her academic interests in Chartered Accountancy. Writing a book was always her dream. Let us know more about another ambitious author in her own words.

What inspired you to start writing?

The books I read, their authors inspire me to write a book. Poetry is mostly impulsive writing.

What did you like to read when you were a girl?

Archies Comics, Tinkle, Fairy tales, Secret Valley University, Harry Potter, Pinky (Diamond Comics) Secret Seven , Princess Diaries and much more.

What is the greatest challenge in writing a book?

Writing a poetry book may look simple as the word count may be lesser. But many do not know Microsoft Word cannot correct your grammar unlike for prose. So the greatest challenge in poetry book I’d say is proof reading your own work.

How much research do you do before writing the book?

Compiling my poems in form of book was completely different from spontaneously writing a poem. I went to book stores, libraries to find poetry books. I found very few poetry books. They were mostly translated anthologies from regional languages. Book stores had mostly classics like Robert Frost, Shakespeare and few translated poetry books by Gulzar, Javed Akhtar etc. So I went online and read poetry books.

I also did lot of research on illustrations. I have put a lot of hard work in sketching too. I researched about the title Philia and Sophia. Philia is actually ‘love’ in greek philosophy. There are four kinds of love, Agape Philia Eros and and Storge.

What motivated you to write the book “Philia and Sophia”?

This book is a compilation of poems. I very much for motivated byThe Book Art and Love – An illustrated Anthology of Love poetry, selected by Kate Farrell. I really loved the paintings and poetry in it. This motivated me to compile my own poetry book.

Can you tell us more about your latest book “Philia and Sophia”?

Just like the title suggests Philia and Sophia is a compilation of poems and writings on love and wisdom. The compilation consists of well-crafted poems written in diamante, haiku, sonnet and free style of poetry. Philia is a set of heart touching poems with ubiquitous themes like proposal, betrayal and memories of love. Sophia on the other hand leaves the reader with a message, a moral and inspiration for better living. Sophia makes the reader really think and Philia makes the reader feel. Philia and Sophia intend to touch the heart, soul and stir deep thoughts

The book Philia and Sophia, derived from Greek words, ‘Philia’ literal meaning love and ‘Sophia’ meaning wisdom. Although Philia is often seen as friendship or fondness,

but here I have described Philia as romantic love. Philia-Sophia when roughly translated in English shall mean love for wisdom i.e. Philosophy.

How did you came up with the idea of writing collection of poems genre book?

I had collected my poems in a diary called Coffee Bean book. I always wanted to publish them someday. So I created a theme based illustrated poetry book. And as I mentioned before , I got inspired from The Book Art and Love – An illustrated Anthology of Love poetry, selected by Kate Farrell