Tag: Author Life
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Author Notes | Writing Fog Of Opium
Writing Fog Of Opium was a cathartic experience for me. In Neeraj Ghaywan’s debut film Masaan, there is a scene where Deepak (played by Vicky Kaushal) finds the corpse of his beloved Shaalu (played by Shweta Tripathi) in the same cremation ground where he worked. The moment left an indelible imprint on my mind, probably…
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Attachment With A Character – Writing In First
Characters, often if not always, are a reflection of the writer, acquaintances, circumstances and surroundings. One thing I usually struggle with is overindulgence and emotional attachment, especially when the character possesses a grain of my personality. Through my readings, I have seen some of the brightest work through this and few succeed in balancing the…
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The Knock | An Introspection
As I am working on the follow-up writing to Zain Chisti’s story The Knock, I went through some of the reviews I received and through those lenses conducted an introspection where I made an honest attempt to be honest about my writing. Frankly, my dear, it is an arduous task, to say the least. Right…
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Rahi | Perspectives
What are your early inspirations which motivated you to write? Rakesh Kumar Srivastava “Rahi”: Since the very beginning of my life let’s say from my school days, I had a great affection for the language and the literature that those artists used to convey the ideas, the story, the emotions, experiences were a delight to…
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Pankaj Giri | Perspectives
What are your early inspirations which motivated you to write? Pankaj Giri: Actually, I had never thought of becoming a published author. I used to write in my school days; a couple of articles were published in my school magazine. After that, I got busy with my studies in an engineering college in Bangalore and…
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