Rucha Solgama

Rucha Solgama is an Indian writer and first-time author whose writing journey spans diverse genres; with contributions to magazines and newspapers. Drawn to factual, non-fiction writing, she has always been interested in understanding life’s complexities and making wisdom accessible to others in the simplest ways. Her debut book, The 3:00AM Journal — curated around the idea of serving — a first-aid, for mental health. It grew from a desire to make heavy emotions such as depression and anxiety easier to understand, without making them any harder to approach. Over the years, she sought to transmute these uneasy difficult subjects into simple, light-hearted insights that even young readers could grasp. Her work encourages emotional awareness, self-acknowledgement, and preparedness, offering readers of all ages a gentle starting point towards better mental and emotional well-being. She believes that understanding our emotions, is an important part of learning in life — to care, for ourselves and one another; and to remain joyous as a sign of being healthy.

“Want to be healthy? Be happy, genuinely.”