Summary:
Her debut novel, Heart Quake revolves around the emotional crisis undergone by two lovers at the time of the Bhuj earthquake that shook Gujarat in 2001. Ishita penned this novel in her school days when she was asked to write with ‘love’ and ‘calamity’ as themes. more-in“Any experience that makes you stand still, makes your heart move, can make you write,” says an enthusiastic Ishita Deshmukh as she answers questions at the launch of her novel Heart Quake in a calming ambience at Palais de Mahe on Wednesday. It has been a long journey for Ishita from writing her book way back in 2001 to getting it published 17 years later. The book can be expected to be an emotional trip with strong characters sailing their way through the natural calamity..