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Juhi Kalra

Location Los Angeles, California
Occupation What would you like it to be?
Website http://shortplots.blogspot.com/, http://100daysofgratitude.wordpress.com/

About Me

Who I am and who I think I am changes as I deconstruct my identities, brick by brick. No longer

Woman
Indian
American
Mother
Kitchen Queen
Wife
Midlifer
Community Organizer
Massage Therapist
Incest Survivor
LGBT Activist
Daughter
Sister
Friend
Writer

Even Writer comes down as the best and last most decorated brick. The many personas that are housed in this body finally learn to know each other, live together in harmony, become strong as they recover from previously undiscovered pain, are no longer disparate beings struggling to live alone in the dark.

It is when we no longer know who we are that we have the opportunity to truly be ourselves.
It is I.

Why do you write?

I write because I am.
I write because I see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I write to become the light at the end of the tunnel.

Any favorite authors? Books?

My background is in British Lit --from Chaucer to Shaw -- so the list seemed much too long for an online bio. For very disturbing reasons Sybil has been in my home library since 1968. But nevertheless, here is a partial list in no particular order.

Anything by Raold Dahl
Bird by Bird ~ Anne LeMotte
J.K.Rowling: What was she thinking? with this Harry Potter series

Byron, Shelley, Keats.
Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Wm.Shakespeare, my hero
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Ray Bradbury & Isaac Asimov
Gene Roddenberry
Desiderata
The 4 Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz
All of Douglas Adams
Neil Gaiman

Lots of non-sci-fi too, which will come to me later.

Juhi Kalra's Wall

Marcus Speh – Aug 01, 2011

thank you, juhi, i appreciate it!

Jo Deurbrouck – Apr 02, 2011

Hey Juhi,

Let's see, what led me to read your long-ago posted story...you commented on a story of mine not long after I joined Fictionaut. I randomly click around in here looking for fun stuff to read that everyone didn't just read, and since your name was there on my profile and clickable, I clicked. And then since you have posted a ton of stuff i LITERALLY closed my eyes and clicked again....and was rewarded. : )

Cherise Wolas – Nov 08, 2010

Juhi, thank you again for your great words on Unpacking Sentences!

Cherise Wolas – Nov 07, 2010

Ah Juhi, a goddess!

Bill Yarrow – Aug 31, 2010

Thank you, Juhi, for reading and commenting on "Parabola Tango."

Jerry Ratch – Aug 13, 2010

Thanks for reading and your comments, Juhi! Yeah, those homes, I don't know.

Bill Yarrow – Aug 04, 2010

Thanks, Juhi! Glad "If Dogs Should Come" worked for you.

Bill Yarrow – Aug 03, 2010

Thank you for your fav of "Bosch's Last Words." I always enjoy your comments, Juhi.

Larry Strattner – Aug 02, 2010

Thanks for your comment on Birth of a Tiger. I learn at the feet of all who are here - and that would include you and your stories.

Bill Yarrow – Jul 13, 2010

Thanks, Juhi, for faving "Playing for Keeps." Glad you liked it!

Claire King – Jul 03, 2010

Thank you for your lovely message! I love that here you can try on different voices and see if any fit :) Happy July 4th Weekend.

Bill Yarrow – Jul 02, 2010

Thanks so much for your kind, kind comment on "Magritte," Juhi. I appreciate it very much.

Jo Deurbrouck – Jun 30, 2010

Congrats on your new pup. I predict your life will be changed for the better. : )
And thanks for your kind words about my story, "Spring Ice."

Cherise Wolas – Jun 29, 2010

I am so pleased you responded so strongly to Lake Chelan!

Bill Yarrow – Jun 22, 2010

Thanks, Juhi, for your kind words about "The Meaning of Life." I enjoy reading your work as well.

Kristen Tsetsi – Jun 12, 2010

Hello, Juhi! Thanks for directing me to your poetry. I'm the worst possible person to offer any kind of feedback or input on poetry, but I do enjoy reading it.

Michelle Elvy – Jun 12, 2010

And... I am so pleased you like the internal rhymes on my story, X. I played with this a long time, putting it into lines of poetry, then rearranging it again, then back to verse, then this, finally. It was a live thing as I worked it, each story feeling like its own small story, yes. Thank you so much for your comment. It means a lot to me.

Michelle Elvy – Jun 12, 2010

Hello Juhi, and thank you for your comment on my flag day challenge piece, X. I have just come to your stories and they are powerful and beautiful, a great way to start my day. "This is how they were found" leaves the images with me, the story and so many questions lingering, I had to fav it!

Meg Pokrass – Jun 12, 2010

Hello, i love your bio. It reads like a prose poem... Thank you for your kind note on my story "Pet Loss".

Jo Deurbrouck – Jun 12, 2010

Read this in your profile --- "I write because I see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I write to become the light at the end of the tunnel."

Nice.

Robert Vaughan – Jun 11, 2010

Welcome to the room! Hope you enjoy it tremendously.

Cherise Wolas – Jun 11, 2010

Juhi,

A pleasure to meet you here, and through your work on fictionaut. Sunday Morning really affected me. That last line will linger in my head for a very long time.

Your concept of Sunday Morning - a series of poems - is wonderful. I've been working on my own series - called Things I Should Have Done - and it too seems to be about regret, longing, decisions made and unmade.

I look forward to reading more.

Darryl Price – Jun 07, 2010

We are most honored to have you with us. Welcome.

Susan Gibb – Jun 05, 2010

Hi Juhi! I'm glad you're writing and I think you'll be inspired by this group.

Myra King – Jun 04, 2010

Hello and welcome, Juhi!

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