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The Munshi is a perplexing character. I know his name is not quite impressive. Even the persona of the Munshi which only means teacher is totally commonplace. But he baffles me.
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My second novel the Conflict of Karna has been published. I am happy. It was more difficult to write because I had set myself some restrictions. I will not mention the restrictions now. The first reader to detect the restriction gets a prize of appreciation. I refer to just one restriction.
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Why do people write? Specifically, why do I write? I will speak for myself. Mainly because I am a newbie and have no standing in the world of authors. There is just one book to my name “The Village of Shadows”. Got that published on 26-Dec-2019. Now I wonder why I wrote that book. What…
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Right now I am in search of myself, because I seem to have lost touch with myself. The block appears endless. Words sound alien.
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English is like football. It is the language of the masses almost everywhere in the world. No, I did not mean that. Go to any place in the world and wander around a bit. You are likely to find someone who understands English. The people of England, seafaring warriors, and cunning to boot, carried the…
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Let me start with why I started writing. That was long ago. Some things which I had observed made an impression on me which correlated with what I had thought about. Some other seeds just erupted inside of me somewhere and sprouted, slowly and painfully. They were out of my control. The compulsion to put…
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That is the title of my upcoming novel. This is not a retelling of the well known tragedy of the warrior. This is new take on his life. Like most Indians Karna and his life has fascinated me from the time I first heard it from my grandfather,the way tales were passed on in old…
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Nature has built Creativity into all animals, including humans. I agree, I can’t imagine a cliche’ worse than that. In humans it has reached a stage where we even have nightmares like dogs. We wonder about things way beyond any other animal, too. So what is creativity? At the risk of another cliche’ let me…
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Cover of my new novel
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My second novel. I show the cover page. The novel should be out next month. Without doubt the most fascinating and complex character ever created, Karna stands as the epitome of righteousness and confusion. I juxtapose the two words deliberately. He is a person of extraordinary skills attempting to prove his worth and class. Every…
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