About Dr. Rajani Tewari
Dr. Rajani Tewari is a writer who believes that humor heals and words can hug. A corporate leader by profession and an emotion-curator by passion, she writes to reach the places where conversations have gone silent — the spaces between ambition and exhaustion, guilt and grace, noise and selfhood.
Her storytelling blends laughter with reflection, drawing from everyday experiences that every woman, parent, and professional silently carries. Through books like Guilt Trip: Nine Stops to Selfhood and Ctrl + Mum, she transforms life’s chaos into wit and wisdom, creating a mirror where readers see themselves and smile a little wider.
Rajani’s passion lies in writing stories that connect — not just minds, but hearts that forgot how to feel amid the social media rush. For her, words aren’t just sentences; they’re seatbelts for emotions in a fast-moving world.
LiFT: Tell us about your book, the journey of writing it, and its content.
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Guilt Trip is not just a book — it’s a mirror many women have avoided looking into for years. It follows the journey of Ladoo Singh, a witty, imperfect, and deeply relatable woman who carries the invisible luggage of guilt — from body shaming to motherhood, from career compromises to emotional expectations — all while trying to smile through it. Through nine “stops” of guilt, the story unfolds with humor, honesty, and hope, reminding every reader that liberation doesn’t come from perfection, but from permission — to be human, flawed, and free.
The Journey of Writing It
This book was born out of moments — not milestones. Between board meetings and bedtime stories, between being “strong” and secretly tired, I realized that women are not short of achievements; they’re short of breath. I began writing Guilt Trip as a form of therapy, humor being my oxygen and storytelling my release. What started as diary notes turned into a dialogue — with myself, with other women, and with the world that keeps asking us to “do it all.”
The Content and Soul of the Book
Across its nine chapters, Guilt Trip blends satire with soul. It features inner voice notes, poems, and reflections that make readers laugh first and cry later. It celebrates resilience, motherhood, mistakes, and rediscovery. Every chapter is a stop — a checkpoint where women can pause, reflect, and realize that guilt is not a life sentence.
This book is for every woman who has ever said “I’m fine” when she wasn’t — and every man who truly wants to understand what lies behind that brave smile.
LiFT: Why did you choose this title?
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Because every woman I know — including the one in my mirror — has taken this trip at least once in her life. Not to Paris, not to the hills, but to that exhausting destination called Guilt.
The title Guilt Trip came to me one night when I realized that women don’t just carry handbags; they carry emotional luggage — neatly packed with “I should have,” “I shouldn’t have,” and “maybe I’m not enough.” It’s a journey we take without tickets, often in silence, trying to meet everyone’s expectations except our own.
But guilt, I realized, isn’t the destination. It’s just a stop — one of many on the way to rediscovering who we truly are. That’s why the subtitle says Nine Stops to Selfhood. Each “stop” in the book represents a different kind of guilt women face — body guilt, mother guilt, career guilt, perfection guilt — and how humor, honesty, and self-awareness can transform those weights into wings.
I wanted the title to sound relatable, a little cheeky, yet deeply meaningful — because guilt doesn’t always wear a sad face. Sometimes it hides behind laughter, achievements, and the word “fine.”
So Guilt Trip is not about staying stuck in remorse — it’s about taking that ride, laughing through the bumps, and finally getting off where peace begins: Selfhood.
LiFT: When did you realize that you wanted to be a writer, and what was your inspiration behind it?
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Always expierences are my inspiration
People and observing behaviour led to natural writing.
LiFT: Where do you see yourself ten years down the line in the world of literature?
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Being read heard acceptable and being acknowledged and being felt as a writer.
LiFT: How important do you think marketing and the quality of a book are in promoting it and increasing its readership?
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Today’s age it is important as reach will give opportunity to o display.
LiFT: What message do you want to convey to people through your writing?
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Write — not to impress, but to express. Don’t chase perfection; chase honesty. The world already has enough polished sentences — what it needs are felt ones.
Every writer begins with doubt, a blinking cursor, and a voice whispering, “Who will even read this?” Write anyway. Because writing is not about being read; it’s about being released. It’s about taking all that chaos in your head — the noise, the love, the guilt, the questions — and giving it rhythm, meaning, and breath.
For me, humor became the oxygen in my writing. For you, it might be pain, poetry, or protest. Whatever it is — own it. Don’t edit your truth to fit into the world’s grammar. Your story has its own punctuation — pauses, breakdowns, ellipses, and comebacks.
And remember — being a writer is not about creating something new every day. It’s about feeling something deeply every day. The rest will follow.
LiFT: What do you do apart from writing?
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Accidental philosopher hard working mother passionate bout people ns always give back to our society.
LiFT: What activities do you resort to when you face writer’s block?
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Look around deep breaths and chanting shiva shiva.
Often go back to mirror and say I love you buddy you are damn good.
LiFT: What if your story were to be adapted into a movie? Who would you want to work as the director or actors in it?
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Director Revathi mam or Zoya Akhtar
Actor Vidya Balan or Shefali Shah.
LiFT: Are you working on your next book? If so, could you tell us something about it?
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Yes all about relationship and girls and love.
LiFT: What are your suggestions for budding writers and poets to help them improve their writing skills?
Dr. Rajani Tewari: Read more to write better.
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