Mahendranagar, 15 August

There are people in many countries who are obsessed with literature and run the country. Especially the playwright Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic or the former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. They were also known as writers.

Former US President Bill Clinton has written two thriller novels. Who can beat the Prime Ministers of Iceland in writing stories while in office? David Oddson released two collections of short stories when he was prime minister. 47-year-old Katrin Jakobsdtrier has become the first woman to write a novel in the prime minister's office in Iceland, which has a population of only 400,000. She has recently released a thriller novel titled Neech Jungle.

No one beats Icelanders for writing books. One out of every 10 people here writes a book. Even those who have not written them dream of writing a book one day.

How could a mother of three sons, that too between the ages of 11 and 17, manage to write this novel while taking care of herself and the country? His answer is, 'His father is too! When a mother is busy, the father also takes care of it, right?'

Prime Minister Katrin, who has been serving as Prime Minister since 2017, decided to write a novel during the Covid lockdown.

Schools and colleges were open there. While maintaining personal distance, only 33 people died during the Covid crisis. She canceled the public program after the death of the Bhatabhat public. Concerts, trips, meetings, and birthday parties all stopped. She had never been so free. Some days he felt like he was going crazy, but his friend, a bestselling novelist himself, Ragnar Jonasson, advised him to write a novel.

"I became the first female Prime Minister to write a novel, but more than that, I was depressed during the Covid period," she said, "I found out when I wrote that writing is like getting therapy."

-From the Sunday Times