Ask the Author: Arundhati Basu
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Arundhati Basu
The ability to make sense of the world through words.
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I clean the house furiously. I cook. I run. I dance. Basically, I do everything that has nothing to do with writing. I am a champion procrastinator.
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Narnia. I would like to be enter it as an artist and have Aslan commission me to paint a portrait of him. Also, if I could have a choice of fictional book worlds, I would like to redo my childhood years at St. Clare's or Malory Towers.
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Titles by authors Tana French, Denise Mina, Randolph Fiennes, Wilfred Thesiger and Isabella Bird.
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Write every day. Write even when you don't feel like.
Look to nature for inspiration. One of my favourite ways of writing is working on it mentally when I am out for a long run. Curiously enough, the words flow. It works for me. Find what works for you.
Look to nature for inspiration. One of my favourite ways of writing is working on it mentally when I am out for a long run. Curiously enough, the words flow. It works for me. Find what works for you.
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A batch of short stories.
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Reading is inspiring. I have devoured books since I was a child. My mother used to be exasperated by this stubborn spectacled daughter of hers who read storybooks to the exclusion of all school textbooks. It was a habit of mine to carry my reads into the loo and spend hours inside, much to my mother's bemusement. My writing is also heavily informed by my travels.
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From my extensive travels in Cornwall, when my husband and I lived in the UK.
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