:05:00
Nothing to worry, Grandpa.
I'm pumping the phlegm out.
:05:05
You'll breathe easier.
:05:20
Have you told him
about your award?
:05:22
First. Before I told anyone else.
Whatever they might say...
:05:26
I think mentally, he's far better off
than most others.
:05:32
When did his mental illness begin?
:05:40
Among people who knew him
when he was sane...
:05:43
the only one alive must be
my grandmother Mythili.
:05:48
Grandpa spoke to no one but me.
:05:52
He used to tell me a lot of stories.
:05:55
His stories were all in
the first person singular.
:05:58
It was never
"Once there was a king"
:06:01
Rather, it went: "Once, where
I lived, there also lived a king"
:06:08
My next novel is based
on one of his stories.
:06:13
You could never have guessed
when he was going to lead you...
:06:18
from reality into fantasy.
Very interesting combinations!
:06:23
I'm trying to weave the bio-fictional
qualities into my novel.
:06:32
- Thriller?
You could call it a thriller too.
:06:37
- Where's the story based?
Here in India.
:06:41
Pre-partition India.
1946
:06:46
Grandpa was working with
an English archaeologist. Wheeler.
:06:51
- Larkana District.
North West Frontier?