Rachna Singh, former Indian Revenue Service officer and acclaimed author of Phoenix and Flames, Penny Panache, and Raghu Rai: Waiting for the Divine, shares her journey of reinvention. She discusses the leap from government service to literature, the emotional toll of grief, and how writing became both refuge and rebellion.
As the founder of The Wise Owl literary magazine, Rachna has interviewed luminaries like Raghu Rai and Daisy Rockwell—conversations that continue to shape her creative path. Her story offers powerful insight into resilience, authorship, and making space for women’s voices in every sphere.
With humor, candor, and deep emotional clarity, she reflects on grief, identity, gender bias, and creative rebirth. Her experiences navigating bureaucracy, parenting through adversity, and redefining ambition challenge societal expectations and quietly dismantle inherited systems. This conversation is a study in courage, craft, and personal evolution.
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