Rosalia Scalia, who is writing her novel on 1984 and has already written a number of excellent short stories around Sikh and other themes, interviews me for the Sikh Canadian website Sikhchic.com. Read here.
Tags: 1984, Khalistan, Mrs. Gandhi assasination, Operation Bluestar, Punjab, riots, school
Tags: 1984, Khalistan, Mrs. Gandhi assasination, Operation Bluestar, Punjab, riots, school
I met Saumya at the reading at Jamia Milia Islamia. All the students, the youth, were so smart and engaging and knew much more than I did when I was their age, in a similar course. I am glad they are reading Roll of Honour. Saumya went ahead and reviewed the book, read on.
Tags: 1984, Khalistan, Mrs. Gandhi assasination, Operation Bluestar, Punjab, riots, school
Shri Rajesh Sharma teaches English at Punjabi University, Patiala. He had read Sepia Leaves last year and expressed the desire to follow my writing. Here are his views, read on.
Tags: 1984, Khalistan, military school, Mrs. Gandhi assasination, Operation Bluestar, Punjab, riots
Veeresh Malik is an ex-shippie, he writes not with ink but with the sweat of a salior. Read on.
Tags: 1984, Bluestar, Mrs. Gandhi, riots, Roll of Honour, school, sodomy
‘We write to heal, the healing process never started in Punjab.’ Read on here.
Tags: 1984, military school, Mrs. Gandhi assasination, Operation Bluestar, riots, sodomy
Anuradha Goyal was herself growing up in Punjab in the 80s. In her review she says:
She says: ‘Author beautifully brings out the impact of external and internal violence in the life of a teenager in mid 1980s. It is an important piece of literature for a turbulent phase of Punjab written with an intensity that takes you back to the time.’
Please read her review.
Tags: 1984, military school, Mrs. Gandhi assasination, Operation Bluestar, riots, sodomy
A short review by Manjula Narayan in the Hindustan Times today (the third entry on the page):
‘Some of the scenes, especially those that deal with the depravity of school boys and their savagery are at once shocking and absorbing. Roll of Honour places much of its action in a particularly bloody time in the nation’s recent history – one that’s been largely ignored in Indian English fiction until now. This novel is doubly powerful as a result.’
For more read.
Tags: 1984, military school, Mrs. Gandhi assasination, Operation Bluestar, riots, sodomy
I have been a technical writer for 13 years. The technical writing life has helped support my life as a fiction writer. An interview, read on.
Tags: 1984, military school, Mrs. Gandhi assasination, Operation Bluestar, riots, sodomy
The Businwssworld interview. The first answer covers something I missed in the reading and discussion on Friday, Sept 21, 2012 at IIC Annexe, New Delhi. Read on.
Tags: 1984, military school, Mrs. Gandhi assasination, Operation Bluestar, riots, sodomy