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Journalism of Courage
Tara Mistrionce a feminist and now a stay-at-home mom-isnt left alone to balance her life and cope with her frustrations. A nagging Yakshi,probably an embodiment of feminist,keeps questioning the choices Tara has made. Tara is not too different from her creator Meera Godbole-Krishnamurthy,the author of Balancing Act who chose motherhood over architecture.
I stopped practising architecture after my daughter was born 13 years ago, says the 41-year-old,who has studied art and architecture. Instead,writinga perennial attractionseemed an interesting prospect for this feminist grappling with motherhood. In the following years,she took part in a string of international writing workshops.
To give shape to the lead character of Balancing Act,Tara,the author draws generously from her life. Like her,Tara is an architect; mother of two; and stay-at-home mom with a frequently travelling husband. But the similarities end there. Taras story is not mine, says the novelist though she admits that when fact transcends into fiction it gives certain authentication to the story. Most of the action in the novel takes place in San Diego,where she lived and worked. She has been an Adjunct at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design,San Diego.
It comes easy the second time, feels Godbole-Krishnamurthy,who is now working on her second novel. I spent a decade on Balancing Act. My second novel also uses architecture as an analogy. Its more about the act of building, she adds. With the characters of her first book fresh in her mind,some of them are likely to reappear in the next though the book is not a sequel.
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