I want to make sense of things, to understand the world, but my work is never really instructional. I have no wisdom to impart or give, so I think my dream readers would be people who just use the book as an excuse to get into their own cycle of thoughts. The book is just like a map. It's just a jotting-down of things that you can interpret in your own ways.
India has sanctioned phenomenal injustices for years and years and years. And normalized it. There is no understanding of what it means to be born in… - Sarnath Banerjee
India has sanctioned phenomenal injustices for years and years and years. And normalized it. There is no understanding of what it means to be born in…
- Sarnath Banerjee
Everything you draw is influenced. It's like yogurt. You need a little bit to start the next batch. - Sarnath Banerjee
Everything you draw is influenced. It's like yogurt. You need a little bit to start the next batch.
I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in a lot of imaginative effor… - Sarnath Banerjee
I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in a lot of imaginative effor…
I find it very difficult to relate to India's new middle class. This very patriotic and neoliberal group that mixes religion and economics together. … - Sarnath Banerjee
I find it very difficult to relate to India's new middle class. This very patriotic and neoliberal group that mixes religion and economics together. …
People are interested in relevant stories. In big events. But I'm not interested in big things; I'm interested in the smaller details of life. - Sarnath Banerjee
People are interested in relevant stories. In big events. But I'm not interested in big things; I'm interested in the smaller details of life.
What fiction does is bring you closer to the essence of truth, as opposed to simply giving you the truth. And there's no knowing truth. Truth seekers… - Sarnath Banerjee
What fiction does is bring you closer to the essence of truth, as opposed to simply giving you the truth. And there's no knowing truth. Truth seekers…
Only a very specific kind of writer keeps their reader in mind while working. Such writers don't want to irk their readers; they don't want to challe… - Sarnath Banerjee
Only a very specific kind of writer keeps their reader in mind while working. Such writers don't want to irk their readers; they don't want to challe…
The only way one can display learning is by playing with it. Because the truth is that there's something embarrassing about displaying heavy knowledg… - Sarnath Banerjee
The only way one can display learning is by playing with it. Because the truth is that there's something embarrassing about displaying heavy knowledg…
I'm not interested in, and not capable of, direct politics. What I can do - I try to figure out the underlying principles. I'm interested in the psyc… - Sarnath Banerjee
I'm not interested in, and not capable of, direct politics. What I can do - I try to figure out the underlying principles. I'm interested in the psyc…
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