Q. The book is an account of personal experiences, which is not exactly how a conventional storybook goes. What inspired you to write this book?
A. The inspiration came from the sheer confusion with regard to the choices I needed to make to establish a definite career path. It prompted me into finding a method in the madness. Writing about experiences that altered my thought process was a refuge that gave me direction. At 19, you're raw, unsettled and unpredictable. I had to use that whimsicality to my advantage by expressing how I feel about all the pursuits I was 'chasing' and decide what the eventual goal is.

Mythili Zatakia with her title The Chase (Partridge, Penguin-Random)