'I would rather fail in life than be absolutely safe': R Ashwin Sums Up Life's No-Nonsense Mantra

Having successfully ventured into fields of sports, YouTube, and now literature, Ravichandran Ashwin has brought out approach he follows and me it known that fear of failure does not hold him back. Ashwin reminisced about his past and revealed that he was freed from claws of insecurity at a tender age, making him different from ors.

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Ravichandran Ashwin reveals how he approaches life

Engineer, cricketer, a popular youtuber and now an author too. Parallel processing or multi-tasking comes easy to R Ashwin, who would rar fail than play safe wher it's life or cricket. 37-year-old off-spinner, one of sharpest minds in international cricket right now, is also a refreshingly candid voice with 516 Test wickets lending considerable weight to his views.

He is currently enjoying critical success of his book "I Have Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story'. Co-authored by Sidharth Monga and published by Penguin Random House, it chronicles Ashwin's life till 2011 and also gives a peak into his mind, which enjoys probability analysis as much as decoding a difficult batter.

"I am living my life, that's it. I am not thinking about accomplishing 'A', 'B' or 'C' (targets). I am staying in moment. I am a creative person in general, and if I feel I want to do something, I will go ahe and do it. (Wher it's) right or wrong, is something that I will assimilate later," Ashwin told PTI in an exclusive interview.

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Ashwin on how he ended insecurity supply

He wasn't always this fearless though. re was an insecure side to him as a child but he outgrew it as time went by, realising that his fears were paralysing him.

Once that was dealt with, Ashwin says he became somewhat unflappable and it has been evident in his growth as a cricketer. From bowling carrom balls on Chennai's streets as a kid, his metamorphosis into India's premier spinner has been quite a ride.

He has taken criticism on chin and has responded with a bagful of wickets, refusing to let that "outside noise" disturb equilibrium of his mind. And it is this system optimisation, as engineer in him would say, which allows him to take risks, and not be afraid of failure.

"I'm not insecure at all. I would rar fail in life than be absolutely safe. That's my character. I don't have common insecurities that people have," he asserts with same clarity with which he decodes complex cricket laws in his social media feeds, which don't take long to become viral trends.

"Breaking away from my insecurity (as a child) gave me a great insight into how I can exploit somebody else's insecurity. And that's how I see cricket or life in general," he explained, letting out perhaps secret of his understated aggression on field.

(With inputs from PTI)