Muntazir Imam

MUNTAZIR IMAM
Journalist, author, artist, family man, poet

Books

Sun Sign

Leo

Three things people don’t know about you?

I always correct myself. I often make mistakes. I long to write an international bestseller.

What’s your greatest fear?

Global warming.

What is your greatest achievement?

My novel 'Jaihind made the Cobbler a Novelist'.

High point of your life?

Joining the editorial team of Gulf Today in 2007.

Low point of your life

Death of my youngest brother, Mohsin Imam.

Which living person do you most admire?

My parents.

Who is your favorite fictional hero?

Santiago of The Old Man and the Sea.

Who is your favorite fictional villain?

The marlin of The Old Man and the Sea.

Who are your favorite authors?

Premchand, George Orwell, Ahmed Ali, Ernest Hemingway, Doris Lessing, Raja Rao, Anita Desai, R. K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Nalin Verma

What are your 5 favorite books of all time?

The Old Man and the Sea, Gaban, The Serpent and the Rope, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Coolie

Is there a book you love to reread?

The Old Man and the Sea

What are your 5 favorite movies of all time?

Mother India, Sholay, Ardh Satya, Mughal-e-Azam, Soorma Bhopali

One Superpower you wish you had?

Living without drinking and eating anything

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

Here lies a striver

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?

All in the Indus Civilisation

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

Knowing all the languages of the world

Which book you wish you had written ?

The Old Man and the Sea

When and where do you write ?

Anytime, anywhere

Silence or music?

Silence

One phrase that you use most often?

Better late than never

Do you have a writing ritual / superstition?

No

What’s your guilty reading pleasure?

Recipe books

Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?

Your story comes into being only when you rewrite

At present, I am working with the editorial team of Gulf Today in Sharjah.



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