ﾃ｢竄ｬﾅ徹ne day, I told
Kamleshwar something that had been preying on my mind. I took out a letter from
my diary and showed it to him: the letter mentions two engines facing apart,
which is also the ending of the novelﾃつSyah aur Safedﾃつ(Black
and White). I had told Rajendra YadavﾃつBhaiﾃつthat this is how I
wanted to end my novel. The resultﾃつ was that when Bhai published hisﾃつJab
Pret Bolte Hainﾃつ(When Ghosts Speak) asﾃつSaara Aakashﾃつ(The
Whole Sky), he stole the ideaﾃ｢竄ｬ
is a photographer who landed in a newsroom and reported and edited newspapers in India for more than three decades. He has studied Tharu traditions and culture, and has authored four books. He is based in Delhi.
