Pran Joshi

Teacher, Public Speaker, Teacher Trainer, Entrepreneur, Family man

Sun Sign

Sagittarius

Three things people don’t know about you?

Introspective, reclusive, traveler

What’s your greatest fear?

Harm coming to people I love and cherish

What is your greatest achievement?

After marrying my wife, raising three children. The Perfume Woman's Diaries is my magnus opus.

High point of your life?

See my three children' s college graduation and arrival of four grandchildren.

Low point of your life

My parents' death

Which living person do you most admire?

Prime Minister Modi

Who is your favorite fictional hero?

Superman

Who is your favorite fictional villain?

Darth Vader

Who are your favorite authors?

James Agee, Margaret Atwood, Saul Below, Herman Hesse, Jean Paul Sartre, Robertson Davies, Andre Malraux

What are your 5 favorite books of all time?

Trilogy by Robertson Davies ( Fifth Business, Manticore and The world of Wonders), Bhagwat Geeta, Hamlet, Man's Fate,

Is there a book you love to reread?

Sequel to Suitable Boy

What are your 5 favorite movies of all time?

Devdas

One Superpower you wish you had?

Live longer

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

A decent man he was...

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?

20th Century in India

Which book you wish you had written ?

Any Bengali novel of the nineteenth century

When and where do you write ?

I have a room where I write and read.

Silence or music?

Music

Do you have a writing ritual / superstition?

None, just have a coffee mug by my side.

What’s your guilty reading pleasure?

After leaving India, I read Indian newspapers.

Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?

Write, re-write. Start with the obvious, then delve inside and reach the core.

Born into a family of Kutchi-Gujarati family of teachers, gifted with an itch to travel and teach, he teaches literature to senior students in Mumbai, Kenya, Canada and the USA.



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