India, July 27 -- In the book, you note your mother's storytelling influence on you. At around 14, my mother came to India from what was to become Pakistan. She grew up with an elder brother and her ... Read More
India, July 25 -- 1Your book engages with details that several authors wouldn't have considered exploring and stories that many deemed fictional. How important was it to you to document these details?... Read More
India, July 24 -- What was the role of personal, material, and historical memories in trying to tell the tale of Rani of Mandi? Every piece of memory is a piece of the mosaic. We need to collect stor... Read More
India, July 11 -- Under Water's first two parts establish timelines and histories, while 'Home' appears to dissolve time. Would you agree? Each of the chapter headings in the first two parts explicit... Read More
India, July 11 -- 1The contents of the nightmares in Under Water are central to how it unfolds. Was it difficult or fun to write them? There are three nightmares in the book, but I wrote five. I had t... Read More
India, July 6 -- How did you get the right language and motivations of the time in The Pretender, and what were sources you relied on? I read a lot of excellent modern historians such as Thomas Penn,... Read More
India, July 2 -- Your darkly funny novel is also a coming-of-age story of a woman trying to emerge from her father's shadow and deal with the idea of shame, along the way. I think it's quite an angry... Read More
India, June 20 -- 1What was the driving imagery behind Eradication? The seeds for this novel were planted 20 years ago, when I was in the Galapagos Islands on a reporting assignment. I was with the Ec... Read More
India, June 16 -- In an interview with the Booker Foundation in 2023, you mention making notes while working as a security guard. How did you transform that into Standing Heavy? It was a lazy experie... Read More
India, June 12 -- The third edition of the White Owl Literature Festival and Book Fair was held in Dimapur at Zone Niathu by The Park, from 5 to 7 February. For this correspondent, who has never been ... Read More