It was not planned! In fact, I am trying to read books in Kannada. I studied in Kannada medium schools and switched to English medium only in High-school.
Our first meeting with Shankar was in Bangkok. And we reconnected on our return to namma Bengaluru. We lost touch with him during Covid as we had moved out from Kumara Park for a few years!
It was a pleasant and a total surprise when we saw him standing at the gate of our apartment as we stepped out one evening last December! We would have missed each other, if it was even a minute later. He said, he just took a chance and was wondering if we were still living here as he saw a new building! Luckily we met!
It felt good that he thought of us and made the effort to meet us. Shankar, seeing we were in a hurry, just took out a book from his bag, signed it and gave it to us, saying it was his first attempt in writing fiction! We parted with a plan to meet again soon!
Tara began reading the book and said she liked it. I began reading the novel a few days later and liked it enough to introduce the book to others through this blog!
The Federal : "The Bengaluru-based writer-editor talks about his debut work of fiction that draws on 18th–19th century Deccan history, and is shaped by his eclectic background in physics, philosophy, music and the arts
https://thefederal.com/category/features/m-k-shankar-the-convert-faith-belonging-fiction-novel-bengaluru-ideas-philosophy-216607
