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Out of media, out of mind: Back to work

Well, it’s over, for now. I’m not giving appointments for interviews anymore. You won’t be seeing my picture or my quotes in the media as often as you have these past couple of weeks.

Several interviews done over the past several days will continue to appear over the next few days, even weeks, due to the longish lead-time of some publications.

In the case of at least two – Hindustan Times, Mumbai edition, and DNA Mumbai – the publications will use the interviews/profiles only when these two new publications hit the stands, in early July and early August respectively.

But from here on, I’m no longer available for interviews, photo-opps, or even just a quote or a byte. I’m now going to get back to what I do best: write in splendid isolation.

(And work on my film, also in partial isolation, inasmuch as one can call working with a few dozen people ‘isolation’.)

When will I re-emerge from my writing cocoon?

Well, the last time I ‘came out’ was in 2003. Before that, 2001.

That seems to indicate a two-year cycle, but I wouldn’t bet on it.

Let’s just take things one day at a time and see how it works out.

For now though, the ‘party’s’ over.

Move on now, mediapeople. There’s nothing more to see over here.

Chalo, yaar. Get a life.

There are other bakras out there.

As for you, my friends, fellow bloggers, Ramayana readers, desi dosts, and just plain well-wishers…Blogging zindabad!

I will be very much here, every day if possible, keeping you posted on what’s happening, in my career, and in the world of books, movies, music – in my own individualistic way.

Neither hyping nor hating.

Just sharing and caring. (Or as my daughter used to say when she was little, ‘sharing is scaring, no?’)

Boo!

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