Hello folks,
Today we are interviewing the Indian crime writer- Ankush Saikia for his new thriller, Dead Meat. Let's chat with him to know more about this incredible author.
Read the review of Dead Meat
Me: Hello and welcome to my blog, Ankush. Congratulations on your
latest book, Dead Meat. Please share with us the story behind your
book, Dead Meat.
Ankush: Thank you. I lived and worked in Delhi for over a decade,
and always wanted to write a crime novel set in that city. Once I got
back to the North East, and after I had written The Girl from Nongrim
Hills, it was suddenly easier to write that book.
Me: What was your source of inspiration for the book, Dead Meat?
Ankush: The city of Delhi itself, with its varied social strata, and
its distinctive locations. There is a roughness and aggression in the
city that I've always found very interesting, as a writer.
Me: How did you come up with the book cover of your book, Dead Meat?
Ankush: That was the work of the designer at Penguin India! I think it's a very distinctive cover.
Me: Tell us one trait of your main protagonist, Arjun Arora, that
intrigues you the most?
Ankush: It helps for a detective to be an outsider in society. So I
gave Arjun Arora the confusion of a mixed background, and a childhood
spent in various places in the North East. I suppose what I find
interesting about his character is his reminiscing about the vanished
landscape of his early years, something that in one way or another
affects all of us.
Me: How will you describe your journey so far as an author? Was it
always your one true dream to be an author?
Ankush: It has been tough to persist at my own type of writing. I
think I must have been around 16 when I got the urge to try and write a
book. So I've spent 23 years working on it!
Me: What other passions do you have apart from writing fiction?
Ankush: movies, reading, food, travel.
Me: How will you describe your normal writing day? And how do you get
away from the stress of a long day's work?
Ankush: I try and write for a few hours every day, whenever its
convenient (as there are other things I'm involved with as well). Well
stress is part of the job ... I feel more stressed if for some reason I
cannot write!
Me: What's next up on your writing sleeves? Can we expect more of
Arjun's adventures? Please tell us briefly about it.
Ankush: I'm working on the 2nd Arjun Arora book now. It sees him
travelling to Mumbai, Gokarna, and Manali before getting back to Delhi,
and deals with family secrets and the early days of Bollywood. The
larger theme of the book is how events from the past cast a shadow over
the future. The 3rd book in the series should see Arjun Arora travelling
to the North East to solve a case.
Me: Thanks a lot Ankush for sparing time to have this interview with
me on my blog. I wish you luck for all your future endeavors.
Ankush: My pleasure, thanks!
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20 April 2015
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