At the nascent age of nineteen, to seek solace from the pain that life threw her way, Author Sweta Mandal turned to Shayari. Having lost her father, she channelized all the hurt and negativity into her art. She had fire in her eyes, pain in her soul, and a burning desire to be heard. And hence was born, her first published work, Ae Zindagi: Safarnama, a collection of shayaris in an eclectic mix of Urdu and Hindi.