Nostalgia is a particular affliction of immigrant fiction, and it's led to a kind of sclerosis of the form. I hate nostalgia, and I feel it's good to be aware of the politics of these genres. Neel Mukherjee afflictionawarefeel Change image and share on social
When a book is going well, it tells you where to go. Neel Mukherjee booktell Change image and share on social
To be an Indian writer is to write, necessarily and inevitably, about politics, so it was a given that the story of the Ghoshes, the family at the centre of 'The Lives of Others,' should have a political soul. Neel Mukherjee centrefamilyghoshes share on social
I'm much more attracted to the miscegenation of cultures than to harmony. Neel Mukherjee attractcultureharmony Change image and share on social
I wouldn't call myself a 'literary critic,' just a book reviewer. Neel Mukherjee bookcallcritic Change image and share on social
I had just begun an M.A. in Creative Writing, and I had to write a novel, so I began writing a novel that later became 'A Life Apart.' Neel Mukherjee begincreativelife Change image and share on social
To write, I think one must sit in one place and be bored. Boredom is a very good state for writers to be. Things cook away in your head when you're bored, and suddenly one day, you have a book or a germ of a book. Neel Mukherjee bookboreboredom share on social
Nostalgia can be extremely powerful in the right hands: think of the intense longing in the films Andrei Tarkovsky made after he left the U.S.S.R. They wring your soul. Neel Mukherjee andreiextremelyfilm Change image and share on social
India introduced Britain to vegetarianism - see Tristram Stuart's excellent first book on this - and it is possible, indeed all too easy, to be a vegetarian in India and eat extraordinarily good, varied food every day, with very few 'repeats.' Neel Mukherjee bookbritainday share on social
