Sajid Rashid Writer, activist and a schoolmate of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim on his new book, <i >Ek Chota Sa Jahannum </i>(A Small Hell), a collection of short stories.
Updated on: 5 February 2022 9:58 pm
What is your book all about?
How did you get interested in writing?
Did writing steer you away from the culture of violence you grew up in?
Why did you choose to write about Bombay?
You claim to have seen the underworld up close. How real is Bollywood's depiction of it?
Is it hard to write about people you know or experiences you've had?
Is one of the stories based on your memory of your school classmate Dawood Ibrahim?
You fictionalise journalistic experiences too?
Have your 'friends' ever read your books?
Do you write in both Hindi and Urdu?