K. B. Rao

Student/teacher of literature. Began to read at the age of 7, writing at 9. Edited Poe’s stories, translated Tolstoy, wrote a novel, and a book of short stories. Will read, and write all my life.

Books

Sun Sign

Virgo

Three things people don’t know about you?

How would I know what people know about me, or don’t know about me

What’s your greatest fear?

The fear of being afraid

What is your greatest achievement?

I used most of my talents

High point of your life?

The birth of my first child

Low point of your life

When I started getting bald at nineteen

Which living person do you most admire?

Dalai Lama

Who is your favorite fictional hero?

Sherlock Holmes

Who are your favorite authors?

P.G. Wodehouse, Jeffrey Farnol, Morris West, Warwick Deeping, James Thurber and Colin Dexter

What are your 5 favorite books of all time?

Odyssey, Random Harvest, Count of Monte Cristo, Pride and Prejudice, Four Feathers

Is there a book you love to reread?

So many; not just one!

What are your 5 favorite movies of all time?

Gone with the Wind, Death of a Salesman, Baiju Bawra, Cyrano de Bergerac, Scaramouche

One Superpower you wish you had?

Telepathy

Your epitaph would read? /Last line in your biography would be?

He died with a laugh on his lips and a smile in his eyes

If you had a time machine to take you back to any country and any time period, where would you choose to be for your childhood, adolosent , adult life and silver years?

India – all the time

If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?

To play the violin

Which book you wish you had written ?

Les Miserables

When and where do you write ?

At my desk. Anytime when the mood is right

Silence or music?

Not bothered

One phrase that you use most often?

I doubt if I have any

Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?

Write with pleasure in your heart. And rewrite with your head.

K. B. Rao is a retired college teacher. He says he has read widely though not wisely. His main vice is buying books and reading them. His hobbies are sketching, whittling, writing letters, and talking!



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