HeyJaredSaurabh Sharma
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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Ashok Ferrey: “Often the comedy was way too black to put down on paper” (opens the original)
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You begin with a “golden rule” in this novel. What are the golden rules you’ve set for yourself as a writer? Perhaps the most important “golden rule” is that a novel, like a house, must be designed or written from the inside-out, never outside-in. You can’t just sit down and say you will write the definitive work on the Sri Lankan Civil War, for instance. Rather, you might start with the smallest inciting incident or fact, which might trigger in you something larger. The process has to be organi
Anungla Zoe Longkumer: “There’s an effort involved in accepting change” (opens the original)
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What was it like to partner with Zubaan on the anthology, The Many That I Am: Writings from Nagaland? Zubaan gave me creative space. They have also reached out to me to work on other projects, and I’ve said yes to them without hesitating because they are empathetic towards the stories from the Northeast. It must have been a huge responsibility curating it. That responsibility was very much on my mind. When the submissions came in, most were sad stories, and I was concerned whether they would pre
M Mukundan: “I was born in Mahé, but I’m a product of Delhi” (opens the original)
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Was your novel On the Banks of Mayyazhi (translated from the original Malayalam by Gita Krishnakutty) informed by your experience as the cultural attaché at the French embassy in Delhi? The novel is about my home town, Mahé (Mayyazhi), which used to be under French rule. Then, the nationalist wave started gaining prominence, and people in Mahé got involved in the independence struggle; it was a period of great historical turmoil. I witnessed all that, but I was inspired to write about my home to
Pawan Dhall: “We have to fight discrimination within queer communities” (opens the original)
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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 sisters-in-law in Jamshedpur. She’d tell us stories of her younger days. Storytelling was quite a popular pastime back then. It was a different time, without any of the digital distractions. But besides telling stories, my mother used to document things very carefully. Whether it was taking stock of daily rations or t
Livia Manera Sambuy: “Many people didn’t want me to discover what happened” (opens the original)
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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 stories, and we need to share them. This is what storytellers are for. The book engages with details that several authors wouldn’t have considered exploring. You made connections between Albert Kahn and the rani’s story, looked at Khushwant Singh’s A History of the Sikhs, and stories regarding extraction of diamonds that
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