...The follies of mankind from times immemorial have led to broken homes and illogical political identities, severed selves and truncated stories, di… - Geetanjali Shree

... So for me Partition has specific subcontinental implications, but it also spans the larger world...

... Writing emotionally-charged scenes – independent of whether they resonate with my own life – may leave me with some sort of an enervating feeling and may also produce a compensatory aesthetic satisfaction, but they can also sap me, filling me with an incredible exhaustion...

...Along with all this, today’s world, dominated by the ruthless grasping market and the questionable politics making inroads everywhere, has surrounded me in ways like never before. I have to confront it more directly and also protect my literary space from its pollution...