Writing about war of emotions is more challenging than reporting about war situations: Minty Tejpal

It is much more easier to do an investigative story or report about war situations than dealing with varied emotions while writing a book be it a fiction story or a real life account, says author and journalist, Minty Tejpal.
Minty whose video coverage of a historic encounter in a building at Lokhandwala gained popularity for being replicated in Bollywood blockbuster Shootout at Lokhandwalaa has come up with a book with a different style of his usual writing titled 'The Last Love Letter'.
" I have done investigative journalism, reporting on terrorism, advertising, direction of TV shows etc with all of them having different demands and challenges. But penning down this book was the most challenging. Probably its the toughest to write about emotions, " Minty told in an interview.
46-year-old, Minty Tejpal is a twice divorced man with two children, a tragic story which he believes is the motivation behind penning down this book.
" It will not be true if I say that its a completely true story. It obviously draws reference from incidents that have happened in my life but there are some fictitious elements too," he said adding, " But that applies to almost all of the fiction stories. There is some reference to a real character and real situation always".
Minty believes that its high time that the society revamps its thoughts, perceptions and expectations from the institution of marriage because according to him its on the verge of collapsing.
" Our fascination with marriage is hyped to such an extent that we generally start connecting and expecting it to be perfect, which is not possible for anything and anyone in this world. " said Minty.
He added, " The depiction of blue moon weddings, happy endings and mushy love sagas in  bollywood movies also needs to be given a second thought. Cinema is supposed to reflect our society and today this 'happily lived thereafter' plot has crashed.'
Minty believes that everyone in this world has a love story but not each one of them has the element to make it to the bookshelves and interest the readers. " Thats where the need of fiction creeps in. Broken love stories are nothing new for the readers but it is in the craft of writing which makes them cry each time they read a tragic love story"
Minty who has earlier worked on two books for children doesn't want to bring his passion for investigative journalism and sting operations as a driving force for writing books. " For books I want to stick to light and emotional stuff only and I don't want to set any deadlines. These issues also need to be addressed in the society because they also affect a large portion of our population like other burning issues." he said.

" I want to warn the readers about the threat to their social fabric once their marriage starts rotting. Its hard to accept that we talk about all the things related to wedding but not about divorce which is a hard core reality today and hence I chose to write this book." said Minty.