Which author would you love to have dinner with?
If I Could Book One Dinner Table…
“Which author would you love to have dinner with?”
Arre… ek? 😳
If I could choose the authors I would love to have dinner with, I honestly wouldn’t know where to begin.
This question is clearly underestimating my literary appetite.
My mind says, “Be sensible. Pick one.”
My heart says, “Excuse me? Why are we choosing when we can invite everyone?” 🤭
Chetan Bhagat, Gulzar sahab, Ruskin Bond, Manav Kaul… I had barely started making a shortlist when my heart quietly cancelled the shortlist.
Because honestly, how do I choose between words that made me laugh, cry, think, remember, heal, or simply stare at the ceiling for ten minutes?
So I have a better plan.
I want a dinner with all the writers I have discovered through WordPress.
Yes, all of them.
And no, a normal dinner table won’t do.
We may need a banquet hall.
Actually… knowing writers, we may need a bigger venue. 😄
Authors I Would Love to Have Dinner With
I can already imagine the evening.
Someone will recite a shayari that will make everyone suddenly very quiet.
Someone will start singing an old Bollywood song, and within five minutes we will all be transported to another era.
Someone will tell a quirky story and have the entire table laughing.
Someone will read a soft little poem that quietly finds its way into our hearts.
Someone will tell us a story from their life, and we’ll forget that we had actually come there to eat.
Someone will take us back to another time with such vivid words that we’ll almost forget which century we’re sitting in.
Someone will speak about faith and spirituality, and for a few peaceful minutes, even our overthinking minds might decide to take a break.
And someone, I am sure, will say something so profound that I’ll spend the next three days thinking about it while doing absolutely unrelated household chores. 🤭
That’s what I love about writers.
They don’t just write stories.
They leave little pieces of themselves in our hearts.
Sometimes a sentence stays.
Sometimes a character stays.
Sometimes a poem appears in our mind at the most unexpected moment.
And sometimes, without even knowing us, a writer says something we desperately needed to hear.
And perhaps that’s why choosing the authors I would love to have dinner with feels almost impossible.
So if I ever get the chance…
I don’t want a fancy restaurant.
I don’t need a celebrity chef.
Give me a long table, good food, endless coffee, a little music, and a sky full of stars.
I want to sit under that starry canopy with the writers whose words have left a mark on my heart.
Let them talk.
Let them laugh.
Let them read.
Let them sing.
Let them tell us their stories.
I’ll probably spend most of the evening listening, smiling, and wondering how incredibly lucky I am to be sitting among so many beautiful minds.
And perhaps, somewhere between dessert and the last cup of coffee, I’ll quietly think—
“These are the people who once lived only in words on my screen… and tonight, they are sitting right here.”
So, which author would I love to have dinner with?
I refuse to choose.
My heart has already booked the whole mehfil.
Now I just need to find a banquet hall big enough.
And maybe a table with a little extra space for all the feelings. ❤️
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P.S. I haven’t named a single one of you… but yes, I had every one of you in mind while writing this. 🤭 So if you recognise yourself somewhere between the shayari, stories, songs, poems, wisdom and all those little “someone will…” moments… just smile. I’ll pretend I didn’t see you. 😉🦋❤️
May you always find a little magic between the words. ✨
Until the next whispers…
—Rajeshwari 🧿💕
© Nihshabd by Rajeshwari
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