Ask the Author: Rohith S. Katbamna
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Rohith S. Katbamna
Thank you for your question, Svetlana.
The farmers' crisis resonated (still does) with me for several reasons. Chief among them, the dynamic of the oppressed being galvanised and united to fight for justice in response to the injustices forced upon them by a corrupt theocracy hiding under the cover of a corrupt government.
This relationship between the oppressed and the oppressor reflects that of the 2008 crash and its aftermath. Millions of the working class, working poor and working homeless left out in the cold by their governments. Governments that continued to show their obediance to their financiers, donors and economic partners by bailing them out and leaving the rest to suffer.
With the character of Gulab coming from India and his involvement with the farmers' crisis, only to find a similar ill-synergy in working class London, demonstrated in part, that what you put out in the world, whether low, mid or high vibrations, can still find its way back to you in some form.
To this day, the farmers in India are still protesting against the government to fufill the demands that were promised to them. The fight is ongoing, as is the fight for a better and just life for those featured in Gulab.
Appreciate your question, Svetlana and thank you for taking the time to read my work.
Peace,
Rohith S.K.
The farmers' crisis resonated (still does) with me for several reasons. Chief among them, the dynamic of the oppressed being galvanised and united to fight for justice in response to the injustices forced upon them by a corrupt theocracy hiding under the cover of a corrupt government.
This relationship between the oppressed and the oppressor reflects that of the 2008 crash and its aftermath. Millions of the working class, working poor and working homeless left out in the cold by their governments. Governments that continued to show their obediance to their financiers, donors and economic partners by bailing them out and leaving the rest to suffer.
With the character of Gulab coming from India and his involvement with the farmers' crisis, only to find a similar ill-synergy in working class London, demonstrated in part, that what you put out in the world, whether low, mid or high vibrations, can still find its way back to you in some form.
To this day, the farmers in India are still protesting against the government to fufill the demands that were promised to them. The fight is ongoing, as is the fight for a better and just life for those featured in Gulab.
Appreciate your question, Svetlana and thank you for taking the time to read my work.
Peace,
Rohith S.K.
Rohith S. Katbamna
Hello Anita,
My sincere apologies for the delay in answering your question. As mentioned to another reader, I didn't see a notification for your question.
Thank you for taking the time to read my books and I'm glad that you found the conclusions to them, intriguing.
As your question is in line with another fellow reader, I'd like to refer my response to the answer I gave to them:
I guess the endings are dependent on the genre(s) and core subject matter/themes that I'm writing within and about. Both 'Down and Rising' and 'Gulab' have as you've appropriately stated, non-typical endings. From my personal ethos, the significance in the books pertaining to the social, political and more importantly, spiritual compontents would feel stunted if I gave the reader full fantastical comfort in that they can now close the book on what they've read and forget about it because 'it was just a made-up story'. Both works contain real-world situations, of which we're constantly affected by on a daily basis and though these are fiction-labelled books, I've imbued the most realism that I can to bridge the reader and the real-world during the reading process. With so many paralytics in the world pushing society towards spiritual dormancy, providing a neat and 'happy' ending would only feed that paralysis. But this is of course, in the context of the themes and subject matter, which I've chosen to write about.
Appreciate your time and question.
Peace,
Rohith S.K.
My sincere apologies for the delay in answering your question. As mentioned to another reader, I didn't see a notification for your question.
Thank you for taking the time to read my books and I'm glad that you found the conclusions to them, intriguing.
As your question is in line with another fellow reader, I'd like to refer my response to the answer I gave to them:
I guess the endings are dependent on the genre(s) and core subject matter/themes that I'm writing within and about. Both 'Down and Rising' and 'Gulab' have as you've appropriately stated, non-typical endings. From my personal ethos, the significance in the books pertaining to the social, political and more importantly, spiritual compontents would feel stunted if I gave the reader full fantastical comfort in that they can now close the book on what they've read and forget about it because 'it was just a made-up story'. Both works contain real-world situations, of which we're constantly affected by on a daily basis and though these are fiction-labelled books, I've imbued the most realism that I can to bridge the reader and the real-world during the reading process. With so many paralytics in the world pushing society towards spiritual dormancy, providing a neat and 'happy' ending would only feed that paralysis. But this is of course, in the context of the themes and subject matter, which I've chosen to write about.
Appreciate your time and question.
Peace,
Rohith S.K.
Rohith S. Katbamna
Hello Danica,
My sincere apologies for the delay in answering your question. I didn't see a notification for your question.
Thank you for reading my works.
I guess the endings are dependent on the genre(s) and core subject matter/themes that I'm writing within and about. Both 'Down and Rising' and 'Gulab' have as you've appropriately stated, non-typical endings. From my personal ethos, the significance in the books pertaining to the social, political and more importantly, spiritual compontents would feel stunted if I gave the reader full fantastical comfort in that they can now close the book on what they've read and forget about it because 'it was just a made-up story'. Both works contain real-world situations, of which we're constantly affected by on a daily basis and though these are fiction-labelled books, I've imbued the most realism that I can to bridge the reader and the real-world during the reading process. With so many paralytics in the world pushing society towards spiritual dormancy, providing a neat and 'happy' ending would only feed that paralysis. But this is of course, in the context of the themes and subject matter, which I've chosen to write about.
Appreciate your thoughtful question.
Peace,
Rohith S.K.
My sincere apologies for the delay in answering your question. I didn't see a notification for your question.
Thank you for reading my works.
I guess the endings are dependent on the genre(s) and core subject matter/themes that I'm writing within and about. Both 'Down and Rising' and 'Gulab' have as you've appropriately stated, non-typical endings. From my personal ethos, the significance in the books pertaining to the social, political and more importantly, spiritual compontents would feel stunted if I gave the reader full fantastical comfort in that they can now close the book on what they've read and forget about it because 'it was just a made-up story'. Both works contain real-world situations, of which we're constantly affected by on a daily basis and though these are fiction-labelled books, I've imbued the most realism that I can to bridge the reader and the real-world during the reading process. With so many paralytics in the world pushing society towards spiritual dormancy, providing a neat and 'happy' ending would only feed that paralysis. But this is of course, in the context of the themes and subject matter, which I've chosen to write about.
Appreciate your thoughtful question.
Peace,
Rohith S.K.
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