Books
Virgo
I am an open book so no mysteries surround me. However I have stepped on all of the 5 continents – with a bit of cheating though, for I have equated New Zealand to Australia
Being dependant on others – financially or physically
For 4 years managing a school for children from the slum communities in Dhaka
While bringing up 2 children, at the age of 40 and 46 I got my BA & MA degrees
When researching for the book ‘Our lives Our Hopes: Beyond Statistics and Reports’ about children living in poverty, I visited some of the children in their homes and saw the depravation and dire poverty they live inat close hand and then came back to my upscale apartment in Dhaka. The unfairness and injustice bothered me then and still troubles me.
Vandana Shiva – for her ground breaking work in agriculture and her ideology of ecofeminism
Shuruti Kakkar (BBB) – she is cleaver, confident, determined and an achiever yet grounded. But she is also fallible, made aware of it and therefore prepared to compromise
None – but I do admire bank robbers!
Edward Said – his book Orientalism is a must to understand colonialism and the colonised Zadie Smith – Her range is tremendous and a touch of humour makes the stories more real
Mahabharat – never ending stories within stories My family and other animals – seriously funny A suitable boy – each family has its own sagas and intrigues Ecology as politics – written in 1980, the ideas are still valid today Blood sympathy – black detective, his cat, his aunt and his friends all so plausible and amusing
Mahabharat - and reread
Pyasa, Guide, The producers, Well Done Abba, Women at the edge of nervous breakdown
See my readers enjoy the books I have written
She died eating - heaven!
Go back to Baripada (Orissa) – if it is still the same green, tranquil place and not a concrete jungle. I had some carefree years there surrounded by my grand-parents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Turn my thoughts and ideas into eloquent writing
Orientalism
Mainly in the morning at my desk
Excuses, cups of coffee, aimless walking
None
Tucked in bed - daytime or night
Tucked in bed - daytime or night
Mridu Shailaj Thanki was born in India and lives in the UK. She raised her two children while working in the public and voluntary sectors at a senior level. Her passion for cookery goes back to her childhood. Mridu’s extensive travels exposed her to diverse cultures and cuisines while honing her culinary skills. She has run cookery classes in different parts of the world and has appeared on British Television. In 2009, she published her first book on vegetarian food, Feasts of India. She has also co-authored a book on children living in poverty, Our Lives and Hopes; Beyond Statistics and Reports (2006).
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