Q. Narcopolis is an intoxicating read but a very different depiction of India than we are used to. Whose India, or which India were you hoping to reveal to readers? I was interested in revealing an India I rarely get to see in fiction. The kind of India I usually see is a place …
Bidisha
The Asian Writer caught up with Bidisha to talk about her recent book, Beyond the Wall: Writing a path through Palestine
Asit Maitra
Q. What do you think your poetry says about you? I think my poetry says, broadly speaking, two things about me: a) on the wider canvas, I am an angry introvert who desires the world to be just and fair but not a crusader. b) On an individual human level my poems echo the cries …
Anita Sivakumaran
Q. Firstly congratulations on winning the Grassroutes commission. How did you go about producing a winning brief for the commission. What inspired you to create fiction based on conversations with strangers? Thank you. Having recently moved to Leicester, I would chat to the locals about the city. It was while walking home after buying …
Niven Govinden
On publication of his latest novel, Black Bread White Beer, The Asian Writer exchanged emails with Niven Govinden…
Farhad Sorabjee
Q. How come we’ve not heard of you before? Tell us more about yourself and how you found yourself writing? A: Well, quite simply, you haven’t heard of me because you didn’t need to have till now! I’ve been writing since university, but have practised as a lawyer ever since. Still do. I did in …
Kishwar Desai
The Asian Writer catches up with Kishwar Desai, author of Origins of Love
Irfan Master
Irfan Master and I have arranged to meet at The Curve, a recent addition to Leicester’s regeneration in the Cultural Quarter. We’re in Master’s hometown. This is where he grew up, worked as a librarian, before moving to London to take up a post at the National Literacy Trust. He’s returned home, a decade later, …
Rosie Dastgir
The Asian Writer interviews debut novelist, Rosie Dastgir
Fifty Shades of Indian Erotica: Saris and spice
Fifty Shades of Grey, a work of erotic fiction has become the fastest selling book of all time. With Fifty Shades of Grey sweeping the nation, we cross borders over to India, where not one, but two anthologies of Erotic fiction are due to be published this year. We’re caught up with Sheba Karim …