Ruchika Roy helps herself and us!

Ruchika was the first to come forward and help herself to ‘The Self Help Interview’ concept just launched today on the site. 

Bravo!!!

Enjoy here interview!!

RUCHIKA ROY

1. What exactly do you do? Simple and non complicated.

– I’m a Screenwriter in the Indian Film Industry and a writer-producer of corporate films. But mostly, I try to decode human relationships, which is a major part of my work.

2. Why do you do what you do? Is it to make money, to become famous, to retire, to kill boredom, WHAT?

– Writing has always been a way for me to explore the World in my context. Mostly I write to think things through and, if possible, to provide solutions. If I get an award for the same – hey! I won’t complain!

3. Is there anything unique in what you do? And here ‘unique’ can mean anything – doing what’s been done for donkeys years and yet in a more cost efficient manner, or something new in a boring business or line or simply inventing something completely new?

– I explore relationships and their stumbling blocks. I’m actually trying to discover the “secret” to a successful relationship right from dating to a potential ever after. Is it a unique enterprise? Not really, because anyone who’s ever been in a relationship and then out of it (or even if s/he stayed in it), has asked the question “what just happened?” I’m trying to break it down into Baby Steps and, by the end of it, be able to create a google-type map of How to Get There from Here.

4. What happens if this fails?

– We continue to struggle with our lives. Our relationships form the bedrock of who we truly are – not our work, not our sexuality, not our greatest invention – and if we’re ever truly happy. Everything we’re told to do from our childhood is about winning other peoples’ approval / envy / goodwill – whether it’s making the perfect cup of tea or having the largest conglomerate in the world with turnover in multi-gazillions. And all this, we do gladly – for money and fame. And it’s easy, because to a large degree it’s impersonal. With the increasing number of barriers that are now coming between two real people – letting a person affect us is becoming harder every day. And the truth is, we need real people in our lives – something that we tend to forget and hide from everytime we let a call go to “missed calls” and don’t respond to a g-chat and “like” an entire album of photographs of someone you wouldn’t even dare calling… Ok, rant over. The short answer is: The question isn’t what happens if we fail because we have been failing for a long time. The question is – what happens if we succeed? And the possible greatness of our lives keeps me going.

5. What’s gets you most irritated? And what makes you most happy? (mention anything – private, personal, confidential, if you committed a murder and are felling guilty about it or just what you wanna)

– I hate sms-speak in anything. I mean, come on! If your folks had the good sense to get you educated, you should have had the good sense to learn to write correctly! It’s lazy and not good for you – when you should be learning how to economically and precisely communicate your thoughts, it doesn’t mean shorten the words!

And I love a glass of a good rose, great conversation and the optimism of a new day.

6. What makes you tick? Why the hell are you doing this?

– I love stories. I love movies. I love the fact that in books and in darkened theatres, we have the ability to be a part of lives that are not our own, be completely involved with them, and take something back to our own lives. I love heroism, particularly the kind we miss in our day-to-day lives that sustains us and makes us ready and able to deal with larger issues. I think it’s because I love people, and am constantly rooting for them to win.

7. Famous last words – if you knew you are going to be hit by a truck tomorrow, what would you like to tell the world (other than crossing the road safely)?

– Be passionate.

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