Mridula was a trade unionist  in US and worked for the employees there before moving to New Delhi a few years back when she laid a step for writing. 

‘I moved to Delhi is not with a reason to write, it was only a second thought. I wanted my children to grow here knowing their mother’s roots and connections. Because at some point of time I want them to comprehend me as I am and I need them back to my roots,’ said this loving mother.

This Communist got the idea of writing from her activities as a trade unionist which is so specific in her book. The book says about the  low- class working people who are neglected in society. There is a transition from decades to decades in her book which she says that, ‘the story has a first, middle and a third section which deals with three generations of people. I am interested in the work that people do. Work plays an important role in one’s life and it shapes one’s  life. I need people to pay attention to work. People who do any kind of work need dignity.’

Not leaving the idea of feminism too she thinks that motherhood is intellectually challenging. ‘Motherhood is great and I celebrate it. But the dilemma of having children or not is a big question. Women are cornered in this decision and they are not given a choice and I wish if it were like a freedom.’ This ideology is very much visible in her book. She discusses the problems of women and their difficulties.

Her first story to be published was Romancing the Koodawalla.

Her first novel is in process and is set in Kerala, Delhi and elsewhere. ‘Even though I was born and brought up in Delhi I am a Keralite basically and my roots are in Kerala, so spending time with my family there gave me idea of this set-up,’ she says.

Although she tries her hand at novel, she prefers to write short stories and she thinks writing a novel need tremendous stamina to think and visualise.