Sanjay Panikar

I mainly write humour. Once, when I wrote a violent murder mystery, people laughed. Since then, I prefer to say I write humour. I used to work in a big corporate company, but they found out.

Books

Sun Sign

Leo

Three things people don’t know about you?

I love public radio, I want to scuba dive but I am afraid of the water and in my fantasies I am very smart.

What’s your greatest fear?

Losing my health and being dependent on others.

High point of your life?

Successfully harangued my mother to give me the remaining cake dough.

Low point of your life

When I realized my nostalgia is better than my reality.

Which living person do you most admire?

Woody Allen, David Gilmour, Stephen Fry

Who is your favorite fictional hero?

Henry Wilt, Sinbad

Who is your favorite fictional villain?

Moriarty, Gabbar Singh, Hannibal Lecter

Who are your favorite authors?

Tom Sharpe, Joseph Heller, Shashi Tharoor, Alistair Maclean, P. G Wodehouse, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Benchley, James Thurber, Groucho Marx

What are your 5 favorite books of all time?

Wilt, Catch-22, Golden Rendezvous, 1984, Rubaiyat, Without Feathers

Is there a book you love to reread?

Almost all, since I don’t understand it the first time.

What are your 5 favorite movies of all time?

Godfather, Jaws, Ran, Bananas, Raiders of the Lost Ark

One Superpower you wish you had?

Teleportation

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

I hope heaven is real!!!

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

Coherence. I understand it is important in a writer!

Which book you wish you had written ?

1984

When and where do you write ?

At home and in my study

Do you have a writing ritual / superstition?

I start my computer. It has always paid dividends. If it is not turned on, what I write does not appear on the white thingy in front of me.

Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?

It is tough. Lots of self-doubts. Constant and painful revising. Recommend reading Stephen King’s ‘On Writing’

Sanjay Panikar works in the banking industry. He lives in Banglore, India with his wife.



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