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Writers

Hollywood strikes

The writers, often considered the backbone of Hollywood, say they face an existential threat. The Writers Guild of America, which has nearly 12,000 members, said they had talked to production companies for the past six weeks but had made no headway.

A walk with Ruskin Bond

Apart from the satisfaction of being in conversation with writers and artists, I sometimes, as a happy bonus, had a walk or two with the likes of novelist I Allan Sealy and travel writer Bill Aitken after the interview was over.

‘Sometimes, stories lie dormant in mind for years’

"One can mull over a story idea every day after it has occurred and yet not write it. The mind keeps going to it and working on it and then one day when one sits down it is ready to become a story. It is only a question of recognising that moment when it can become a story,"

Mining the recesses of the human mind

Gracy's first collection of short stories, "Padiyirangippoya Parvathi", came out in 1991. It was followed by nine more short-story collections. She has published three memoirs and a short autobiography.