Book Tour for B00k R3vi3ws: Fade Into Red Character Interview
Meet The Protagonist
1. Hi, Ayra...first
things first, what were you like as a child and a teenager?
I was
terribly spoilt but nevertheless a good girl. Being an only child, all my whims
were catered to and honestly because I could do everything I wanted, I think I
did nothing at all. It was all very charmed and you wouldn’t have liked me too
much. I wasn’t very interesting at all. As I child, I spent a lot of time with
Kartik and we read and played technics. But as I became a teenager, my friends
changed and I whiled my time away playing tennis and hanging out at the Madras
Club. I don’t think you can be much of a rebel in Chennai really, but I wish I
had been somewhat naughty. I remember preffering to spend Sundays in my dad’s
study helping him with filing or gossiping with my aunts in the kitchen while
they listened to MS Subhalakshmi. God, it was wonderfully boring.
2. When is your
birthday and do you believe in Zodiac signs?
My birthday
is on the 29th of July and I am a Leo with absolutely no Leo like
tendencies. Well I am a little melodramatic, but not so vain. Which sign is the
most paranoid? Well that’s the sign I should have been born under!
4. What does Ayra do
on a typical Sunday?
Sunday
mornings are spent cleaning Nila’s litter box followed by dusting the house and
catching up on Grey’s Anatomy reruns. Fun fun. Dinner is almost always at
Narina’s, her cook is wonderful. If Kartik is over for the weekend, then we
head to Lonavala and stay at the wonderful tree house resort there.
5. Do you believe in
love at first sight? ;)
Not really. I
was always a very practical girl and still am. But there are sparks, lusty ones
I think. Most definitely not love but lust, yes. There is lust at first sight,
as I have recently come to realize.
6. And do you have
any celebrity crushes?
Hugh Grant in
Notting Hill.
7. What are the
other places in the world you'd like to travel to?
I have always
wanted to go to Russia and the Napa Valley. I used to keep telling Kartik we
need to travel more but his idea of travel is either to see Primal Scream
scream at some strange music festival.
8. Do you plan to
tell us about your next adventures?
After all
that has happened, adventure needs to come without the drama. But I have been
gifted a small trip to Florence to do a course in Art History. I am very
excited about that.
9. Have you added any
more shoes to your collection?
Not really.
Considering I am now unemployed, I am stock piling my savings for my trip to
Florence. Once there, however, I am pretty certain window shop furiously.
10. Finally, what's
next for you? Following your adventures in Fade into Red?
Well, Florence of course and a certain dinner date I have at
a restaurant you might have heard of- The Bald Rabbit. J
Catch Ayra in Fade into Red:
About the Book:
Ayra always wanted to be an Art Historian. She saw herself flitting
between galleries, talking Michelangelo and Dali with glamorous ease. At
twenty–nine, life has decided to make her an underpaid investment banker
juggling an eccentric family, a fading career and a long–distance relationship
that is becoming a light-year one. On a monsoon day in June, she is suddenly
sent packing from Mumbai to Tuscany to buy a vineyard for a star client. What
should have been a four day trip turns into a two week treasure hunt that finds
her in the middle of midnight wine deals, dodgy vintners, rolling Tuscan hills,
a soap opera family and one playboy millionaire who is looking to taste more
than just the wine. Towards the end she finds that the road to true happiness
is almost as elusive as that perfect glass of Chianti.
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About the Author:
After finishing her A Levels at Bridgine School, Windsor, and getting a
BA (Hons) at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, Reshma started her career as a
Journalist for India’s national newspaper The Hindu, Business Line but left
mid-career to pursue an MBA at the Indian School of Business that led to a
successful career in Investment Banking. After 5 years in Investment Banking
she quit her job to travel for two years and visited Europe, China, and the US.
She conceptualized the novel during her travels through the Tuscany wine
country. She created the eccentric Ms Krishnamurthy, her precocious cat and her
dog eat deal environment. Her deep appreciation for the south Indian family
dynamic, experience as a freelance journalist and a passion for Italian wine helped
create Fade Into Red. Simultaneously she also honed her skills as a Travel
Writer and has contributed to India Today Travel Plus, SilverKris, Harper’s
Bazaar, Grazia, National Geographic Traveller and The Hindu Business Line. She
is also co-founder of the literary blog, The Caterpillar Café.
Website :http://www.reshmakrishnan.com/
Twitter :https://twitter.com/rekrishnan
