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Bapsi Sidhwa

The Parsi author on Earth, the film adaptation of her book Ice-Candy Man

Bapsi Sidhwa
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How do you feel about the new edition of Ice-Candy-Man with a picture of Earth on the cover?
How is it different from the novel?
Did you collaborate at all with Deepa Mehta on the film?
Were you a little disappointed with the outcome?
Has the film lost some of the book's emotional complexity?
Would you have done it differently yourself?
Do you think film adaptations of books in general work well?
What do you think of English writing in the subcontinent?
Our societies are in churn, so why is there no great writing yet?
Are you working on a new book?
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