Summary Of The Book: A great storyteller. He unfolds the stories at a slow pace where the reader gets the flavour of each word and each situation. The reader unknowingly enters the arena of the story because the narrator gets into a dialogue with the reader. The journey begins for the reader along the lines of the characters and their lives. The reader is enchained by the vivid graphic presentation, which makes him a part of the story. The warmth of the style holds a firm grip. The stories finally trail behind varied flavours for the reader… We need more empathetic minds like him. The stories reflect his acceptance of people and their choices without being judgemental. An open, accepting mind is all that we feel, and this is what the world lacks now, Wish that (he) brings out volumes of stories for us and makes this world more lovable and livable.
About The Author: Kuchanna Srinivasan has a Masters in Physics. He entered the IPS in 1978 and retired as DGP. His career was mostly in the Districts, Ranges, and Commissionerates, with a long stint in the Anti-corruption establishment and, in the short term, developing an ERP for the Police Department. Chief of Intelligence, Correctional Services and KSPDCL are the other positions he held. He is a screenwriter and a translator for English to Kannada works. He is a president of two public charitable trusts for education and rural development.
1. Can you tell us a little about your book?
The collection has a vernacular flavor to it. Readers and specially, the non natives may find it interesting and hopefully, receive it enthusiastically. The critics and reviewers too should like them for the originality of the tales and the simplicity of expression.
2. Is there a specific event that inspired this story or was this an out of the blue idea?
These are stories written over a period of time; a few years, actually. Each may be seen as the response of a sensitive writer to events, ethos and environment of the era. All of them are rooted in the milieu of the land the writer inhabited and of the spirit of life lived by him during those times. That explains the variety and range of the themes and the treatment of each of them.
3. What got you writing in the first place?
I am a writer by instinct, schooling and upbringing.
4. What was your impression of your first draft when you read it?
Thrilling and surprised! Half of them are already published in Sunday Herald, the Sunday supplement of Deccan Herald, Bengaluru.
5. Which part of your story connects the most with you? Why?
COACH. i am a tennis player for decades and I love the game.
6. What makes your book the one to read?
It expresses the variety of thought and feelings of a writer whose sensibility is informed by wide reading and decades of interaction with contemporary Indian society.
7. What was the best advice you got while writing?
To keep the language simple and narrative straight forward.
8. Who’s your all-time favourite author? Which book of his/hers made you fall in love with them?
Ruskin Bond.
9. What is your evergreen tip to the writers out there?
Keep Writing.
10. What was your hardest scene to write?
Really None.
11. Do you have another plot brewing?
Yes, planning to write a novel.
Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.in/dp/9395868864?ref=myi_title_dp
