School Days

Her role started at St Margaret’s school in Bushey where she did her ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels. In one of the debates she advocated school uniforms should be abolished. “Brats like my unworthy opponents misbehaving have prompted all school children to wear uniforms. Service providers like Police Airline staff and others wear uniforms not the receivers of their services. Therefore I submit that school teachers should be wearing uniforms and not the pupils”. This statement made her the most popular girl amongst her fellow students as well as all the teachers!

Graduation

Rinku went on to study economic at the London University, School of Oriental and African Studies. After graduation she went on to pursue a Master degree in Organisational Studies at City University.  Still hungry for more knowledge she went on to do her second masters degree in Indian Religions at SOAS.

She took on an assignment with a firm of literary agents AP Watts evaluating books destined to be published. This gave her a wide insight into writing. In the process she discovered that she had the ability to write.

Rinku, the Writer Laureate
All by herself she toured all over India to research the book she planned to write. While staying in Mumbai she did a course in fashion design and created her own label “Ameya” that she launched at a Fashion show in Mayfair, London. But her heart remained in composing her book. She spent more time in Mumbai, experiencing how ordinary mortals live in the hustle and bustle of Mumbai.

Her book was taking shape. Without telling anyone, she started writing. The scene is Mumbai; the Gunapathy Festival is the background. The characters are ordinary mortals of Juhu coping with daily life.  She transports them to the mythological past when Ganesh is being born. Again moves the reader to the colonial past when the party of Prince of Wales goes to Elephanta Caves and discovers Lord Shiva three dimensions Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. She connects all these time zones and takes the story further. ..

Radha recited a passage from Rinku’s book “ARRANGETRAM”