In Conversation With Gautam Mayekar

“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.”—George Orwell

Reading books that send out a message, or talk satirically about the bitter truths of life is appealing for me. One such book I recently read was Stoned: The Untold Story of C0-WEED-20.

Read my detailed review of Stoned: The Untold Story of C0-WEED-20 here

After reading the book, I just knew I had to talk to the creator of Amar’s world. Luckily for me, when I reached out to the author, he agreed to be a part of the #AuthorCollaborative.

After reading my book Love (Try) Angle here’s what he had to say about it.

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Yesterday, Gautam and I discussed our contemporary styles of writing over an hour-long Instagram live session.

IG handle: @arusticmind_

Here’s what I picked his brains about.

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Gautam too had his own set of questions for me.

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Before ending the session we did a fun rapid fire round.

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If you think those were quirky, look at Gautam’s questions for me in this round.

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You can have a look/see at our entire session in the video below.

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Check out the books discussed in today’s session via the below link:

Stoned: The Untold Story of C0-WEED-20 on Amazon IndiaStoned: The Untold Story of C0-WEED-20. on Amazon.com Love (Try) Angle