When I am writing, I focus 100 percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already thinking about the ending.
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I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.Anita Desai
The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past.
Anita Desai
Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority, the caste system in India and the people thinking that western things are better.
Anita Desai
Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy.
Anita Desai
People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.
Anita Desai
I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.
Anita Desai
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