Do nice people read thrillers? Or write them?
Nov 11"Why did a nice soul like you decide to write a thriller?" Yeah, that’s what a truly nice soul ― I’m not one ― a soft-spoken lady I meet at the Madras Book Club, asked me one evening. We had gathered to listen to Shobhaa De talk about her book Sethji but the author was late by over an hour. “I was caught up in traffic, my God, it was horrendous… totally unexpected,” she said, apologizing profusely. So, the audience had time to kill and we were making desultory conversation. This lady, let’s call her Tara, told m... Read more