Books
Aquarius and Pisces cusp
I’m an avid puzzle solver; I love basketball; I forget names easily
To lose my memory
None as yet.
Giving birth to twins
The moment after I gave birth, when I realized they were mine no longer, but belonged to the world.
The person living on the street who smiles
Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye
Sher Khan from Jungle Books
Vladimir Nabokov, Rohinton Mistry, Manto, Margaret Atwood, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Catcher in the Rye, Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, Mahabharata by C. Rajagopalachari, Sula by Toni Morrison, Occasion for Loving by Nadine Gordimer
God of Small Things
To disappear
She was a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, and a friend. She was loved.
Exactly where I was and am. India and the US. No two places can be matched.
To remember names and quotes
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
In my office
Silence.
My only duty is to craft sentences.
I read short stories before I write fiction. I read editorials before I write non-fiction.
Crime and romance thrillers and travel books.
Don’t be afraid of failure.
Jaya Padmanabhan has worked as a copywriter, sales manager, collections agent, software engineer and television producer before emerging as a writer. She believes that her previous jobs distinctly inhabit her work. She has won three Katha Short Story Contest titles, the Lorian Hemingway Short Story recognition and the New America Media award for feature reporting. She lives in California with her husband, mother, twin girls and a Goldendoodle. She is the editor of India Currents magazine.
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