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INTERVIEW

BE TRUE TO YOURSELF:
HEENA JADAV SUNIL
    ANANYA DHAWAN                                   

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AILING FROM THE land of enigma, Pakistan, Heena Jadav Sunil is a
writer-cum-English Language Development Facilitator, to whom writing
and reading are means of solace, adding meaning to her life. She was educated at Sophia High School, Mount Abu, and dedicates her debut novel ‘Equinox’ to
her Sophian friends, the sisters at her convent and above all her family who shaped her
into the woman she is today. She believes that ‘being yourself ’ is the most truthful and
the happiest way to live.

Writing a
book is not
easy when
thoughts
get executed in Microsoft
Word, but the actual hard
work starts after that...
even though the story you
want to share with the
readers is terrific, if you do
not market it properly, no
one will read your story.”

eFiction India | June 2014

ANANYA DHAWAN: WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE NAME ‘EQUINOX’ SIGNIFY
– IN TERMS OF IT BEING THE TITLE OF YOUR BOOK?
Heena Jadav: Selecting the perfect title for a book is one job that I found shoddier than
coming up with a conclusion to the story. I’m sure you would agree with me here, that a
search for the ‘perfect title’ drains you mentally. But, yes I got there eventually… so while
devising a title for my book with my friends, I was initially centering my attention on an
absolute bond between the two divergent characters. I wanted something along the lines
of stars, astronomy, fate and the magic of ‘Equinox’. I kept pondering over an assortment
of titles, depicting the compelling inseparability of April and Richard and yet the irony
that they cannot be together. My earlier choice was ‘Precession of the Equinoxes’, which
has the same meaning as the title selected, but on a narrower scale. However, this title
spun around in my head all the time, accompanied with all the gooey ones that used to
make entry into our brooding sessions, making me literally pull my hair at times! I think
that there couldn’t have been any other title than this as it allows me extra leverage to
explore and connect the science of stars and astronomy to bonding and love. ‘Equinox’
is not just a title; it is the most significant moment for April and Richard. The following