Tag: The Knock
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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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Author Notes | The Knock
The Inspiration Behind The Book As a child I heard about a story of a cricketer whose grandfather wanted to see him play for the national side but by the time the cricketer wore the blue blazer, the grandfather had passed away. The cricketer was Mohammad Azharuddin. This story stayed with me for years. A…
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The Knock | An Introduction
On one hand, going into the Boxing Day match, every punter was still betting on the Indian side to do better and bounce back despite their dismal performance in the first match. Last time India was down under, they lost their first match only to fight back and take the series with two wins against…
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The Knock | Excerpt
If you have to pick someone to bat for your life, whom will you trust with your life? Against the fiercest of the bowlers, on the most hostile of the pitches; whom would you pick to bat in defence of your life? Whom will you choose to stand between you and your judgment day? When…
Sujoy Ghosh 