Sandeep Jauhar gives us an insider’s look at the medical profession and also a dramatic account of the psychological challenges of early adulthood.
AKHIL SHARMATo me exposition always contains tenderness.
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The babies have old souls and the old souls have to shrink to become little babies.
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We all become afraid. We all look at others and think these other people are more fortunate than us.
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To me exposition always contains tenderness.
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People often need to describe things quickly and so they use a shorthand. The problem is that after they use a label, they begin to think only in terms of the label instead of the totality of the experience a novel provides.
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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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Also, I have to assume that readers are sophisticated enough to know that not every person in a community is the same, and so there are many people who would not force an abortion just because a fetus is female.
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While a dramatized scene is a way of proving and guaranteeing an emotional experience for the reader, exposition assumes that the reader is sophisticated and can see the universal.
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Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind.
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For me, a lot of the humor comes not from innocence but from characters trying to figure out how to get what they need. I don’t try to be funny, but am relieved when an opportunity comes up for humor.
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My parents are deeply pious Hindus.
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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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The monsoon is such a dominant part of Indian life that it is hard to overstate its importance.
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Why do people always think hurting others is all right, as long as they hurt themselves as well?
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I can’t have composite characters. I can’t attribute dialogue to someone based simply on my memory and not based on notes taken at the time that the words were spoken.
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For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true.
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