India, April 9 -- Gunjan Saini, an AIIMS Bhopal graduate with a degree in nursing, turns into a full-time artist, sharing ideas, emotions, and connecting with people through her words. The background in nursing gave her a medical lens to understand people, and it clearly reflects in her storytelling. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Gunjan opened up on her journey as a poet and how she weaves words to connect with new-age audiences.

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Born and raised in Delhi, Gunjan Saini comes from a science background and was pursuing nursing at AIIMS Bhopal. It was 2017, when she wrote her first poem. 'At that time...