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As a human being living one’s life, one is more open to relief when there is rain or the expectation of rain. That readiness for hope gets manifested in my stories and that of many other Indian writers.

Akhil Sharma

As a human being living one’s life, one is more open to relief when there is rain or the expectation of rain. That readiness for hope gets manifested in my stories and that of many other Indian writers.
AKHIL SHARMA

Being Expectation Human Life Living More Open Rain relief
Even within my stories, people hold opposing views.
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Hold Oppose People Story View
The monsoon is such a dominant part of Indian life that it is hard to overstate its importance.
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Country Different Dominant Importance Indian Life Monsoon Rain Such
One’s life completely changes based on the rain. After the monsoon, because the dust settles, one can see further and so it feels like one’s eyesight has improved or that one is living in a different country where there is more light.
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Change Completely Country Difficult Dust Feel Light Monsoon More Rain Settle
Why do people always think hurting others is all right, as long as they hurt themselves as well?
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Always Hurt Long Themselves Thinking Well
We all become afraid. We all look at others and think these other people are more fortunate than us.
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Afraid Become Fortunate Other People Think
I need to tell the things that are important but which don’t make sense in terms of the narrative, things that would destroy symmetry or narrative pace. This is my personal belief about what it means to write nonfiction.
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Important Mean Narrative Need Sense Thing Writing
To me exposition always contains tenderness.
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Assuming Contain Emotional Exposition Tenderness Way
Sandeep Jauhar gives us an insider’s look at the medical profession and also a dramatic account of the psychological challenges of early adulthood.
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Account Challenge Dramatic Look Medical Person Profession Psychological
Certainly the details of our life are unique. Spending time thinking of how I am different from someone else, however, does not tend to be very productive.
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Certainly Detail Different How Life Someone Spend Think Thinking Unique
The babies have old souls and the old souls have to shrink to become little babies.
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Baby Become Little Old Soul Shrink
My thirty-seventh birthday had just come and gone, the end of 2008 was approaching, and I was constantly aware of how little I had managed to accomplish.
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Accomplish Approach Aware Birthday Come Constant Gone Little Mange
It’s easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don’t want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind.
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Act Be Kind Fear Grow Up Out Want
Ernest Hemingway has been the most important influence on me as a writer. But at a certain point as a writer,
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Doing Good Important Influence People Realize Thing Writer Writing
I can guide them to books that will serve as role models. Largely, though, one learns to write almost like developing muscle memory, and this requires years of effort.
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Book Develop Effect Guide Large Memory Model Muscle Require Role
For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true.
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Absolute True

As a human being living one’s life, one is more open to relief when there is rain or the expectation of rain. That readiness for hope gets manifested in my stories and that of many other Indian writers.

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As a human being living one’s life, one is more open to relief when there is rain or the expectation of rain. That readiness for hope gets manifested in my stories and that of many other Indian writers.

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