My love affair with books:
It began when I was a tot. A fabulous mother, who recognized the power of the written word, read to me and my sisters every night, introducing us to the wonderful world of the imagination.
Once I could read on my own, I graduated from fairy tales to adventure stories to romance, spending all my pocket money on books. My father served in the army and took the family along mostly wherever he went, resulting in experiences that beg to find a place in my books.
I am an ophthalmologist, but make time for my other passions – reading and writing fiction, watching romantic comedies, and doing creative things with wool and a crochet hook. I also love solving the Hindu crossword, and – when my muse is elusive – I enjoy pitting my wits against my husband’s at Scrabble®. When I have no other choice, I can be found in the kitchen putting together my ‘world-famous’ one-pot meals.
Writing about love and happy endings feeds my romantic soul; hearing from my readers thrills me. Do write to me at reetsingh.author@gmail.com
My love for medicine and the humanities:
When I became a medical teacher in 1994, it added value to my life, but things got vastly more interesting when I (re)discovered the humanities. Bringing the humanities into health professions education has been a source of great joy and learning, and much of my latest work has centered around poetry, narratives, and Theatre of the Oppressed as applied to health professions education.
I am a fierce champion of the humanities in medicine and believe that they are key to reminding people of their – and others’ – humanity. My favorite current job (apart from writing) is being the Editor of a health humanities journal called Research & Humanities in Medical Education – or RHiME.
RHiME is an online-only, open-access, peer-reviewed journal. Initiated in 2014, it is still going strong thanks to the selfless effort of a handful of fabulous people and practically no finances.