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Kamla K. Kapur (aka Kamal Kapur) was born and raised in India, and is a citizen of the United States. She got her Bachelor's in English Honors from India, and her Masters' Degree in literature from Kent State University, Ohio,USA. She also took classes in creative writing from the University of Iowa, and the University of California in San Diego. During her time in the USA, many of her poems were published in prestigious American journals and quarterlies.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Kamla K. Kapur I have written 32 essays on this topic in a book that will be published next year. My favorite technique is to use a timer. i tell myself i will write…moreI have written 32 essays on this topic in a book that will be published next year. My favorite technique is to use a timer. i tell myself i will write for just fifteen minutes (often when the block is severe i content myself with just 5), and write whatever comes into my mind. It helps to have the focus of a topic, broad or narrow, that you are going to brainstorm. Generally the fifteen minutes extend to far more, and by the end of the timed exercise, i have something to work with. Even if i end up producing bilge, I pat myself on the back and there is invariably something i can salvage from it. Writers' Blocks also happen when you are tired, in which case you should just rest. Freewriting, without judging what you write, is another nifty trick. I don't have to struggle with Writer's Block anymore. I suffer from exhaustion, or lack of confidence (a big spoiler), but do not lack for things to write. Quite the contrary, I have too much material. (less)

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Kamla K. Kapur There are many wonderful things about being a writer. I think without words and writing I would be dead or in a loony bin. Here is an example of how w…moreThere are many wonderful things about being a writer. I think without words and writing I would be dead or in a loony bin. Here is an example of how writing rescues me over and over again. Many weeks ago, when I was unable to accept how I had aged as I looked into the mirror and in photographs of yesteryears, my long white hair, much thinned since my youth, framing my face with its contours shifted and changed, my eyes far smaller than I remember them being, a little sunken and receding, and was maimed by misery, a thought was born in my mind which lifted my spirits almost immediately: why don’t you write about it? Suddenly, my age became grain for the mill, flour for my bread, words for my songs. Yes, I thought, I will write my book on aging now before I am too old to write it; to have my adventure of aging before I grow too old to enjoy it; to avail of all the gifts that aging brings. I am currently writing a book on aging. Writing is the philosopher's stone that turns my lead into gold.(less)

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	Ganesha Goes to Lunch: Classics From Mystic India 4.15 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rumi: Tales to Live By 3.68 avg rating — 114 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Singing Guru: Legends and Adventures of Guru Nanak, the First Sikh (Sikh Saga) by Kamla K. Kapur (Goodreads Author), Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh (Foreword) 4.52 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rumi's Tales from the Silk Road: A Pilgrimage to Paradise 4.03 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Great Heart 4.63 avg rating — 32 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Classic Tales from Mystic India 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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MARDANA TALKS ABOUT GURU’S NANAK’S LOVE OF TRAVEL IN INTO THE GREAT HEART

“Baba and I were returning from one of our travels, I forget which one, there were oh so very many! Baba was tireless, physically strong, full of vitality. He wanted to see God’s whole world, all the people in their different colored skins, their cultures, customs, religions; he wanted to hear the rhythms of different languages, music, melody, song. And he wanted to bring all he met the message, t Read more of this blog post »

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“Grief is a closet
Full of emptiness
As shoes
Without your feet,
Hats
Without your head.”
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“Life punishes us for forgetting when we should remember, sleeping when we should be awake. As we sleep – a metaphor for unconscious living and lack of awareness – black snakes of negative, hurtful thoughts and feelings slither into our bodies and our brains, multiply due to our lack of attention, and wreak havoc with our peace. Looking at it another way, we all house black snakes in our bodies and minds that only suffering can bring to consciousness and expel.”
― Kamla K. Kapur, Rumi: Tales to Live By

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“Stories, Vishnu, are like snarled threads, each connected with the other, and it’s very tempting to want to tell them all at once. But time, linear, progressive, maddening time, won’t let me.”
― Kamla K. Kapur, Ganesha Goes to Lunch: Classics from Mystic India

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