How often do you come across a woman who balances the fine act between pursing Public Policy and her undying love for poetry? Well, that's Harnidh Kaur for you. For her, words are her armor and the pen, a sword she uses to battle patriarchy and shallow mindsets. While she is basking in the success of her first book, a collection of short stories named, 'The Inability of Words ', her second book 'Thought Catalog Press' is awaiting an early 2017 release. When not questioning existing stakeholder policies, she busies herself with Bollywood flicks and poetry.Team Radio City caught up with the young poet, ahead of the Free Verse Sessions. Read on.How do you dabble between being a student of Public Policy and poetry?I mix and match the knowledge I receive from both my passions. So many of my policy memos and reports have bits of poetry featured in them. So much of my poetry revolves around the policy issues I encounter in everyday working. It39s simply being really passionate about them both. The rest figures itself out.Financial success does not come to poets and writers easily. Your thoughts?It does, if you actively look for it. Freelancing, journalism, content specialisation, all avenues are open to people who are good with words. It depends on you, and how well you monetise your skillset. People who claim to not need those avenues are usually lying- sometimes to themselves. All it takes is a single-minded determination to do very well.What is the one outstanding gratification of poetry, according to you?Being able to give a voice to someone39s confused, tangled emotions. People have asked me to write about what they feel, and I39ve had the luck of doing their justice to their stories. Nothing as amazing, really.Literary inspirations, you'd recommend to our readersMaya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, Bhisham Sahni, Noam Chomsky, Warsan Shire, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Roald Dahl.A memorable line written/read that you often quote"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don39t believe in magic will never find it.'- Roald Dahl.Catch Harnidh Kaur performing at the Free Verse Sessions, this Sunday. Click here for event details.