Q What is the probability of creative writing becoming a serious partner in school education in the country? Please remember that our class X board exams focus on an objective layout and aim to get brownie points for having high pass percentages. We have to understand, appreciate and replicate these models. So, there is enormous potential to improve as there are indeed centres where quality education is being imparted. However, the quality of education leaves a lot to be desired for the masses. Indian students have performed marvelously all over the world. I don’t think education is looked down upon even though it is true that it has not been given the desired focus. Why is it that education in India is looked down upon by those in the West? It is always rote learning vs perceptual learning and Indian students lose out in more than one way when they apply for higher studies abroad or for jobs. Q You have been a policy maker as well as a creative writer. Fiction can easily be written while in service but you can’t be critical of the government while in service. I wrote the book to convey a message to the fellow civil servants and those that want to get into civil service that irrespective of the problems, if a civil servant so desires, he can still perform and do a lot of good.

Only the person writing the book can explain why he is doing so.

Q Tempted to begin by asking if writing a book is now a trend for all civil servants? If yes, is it fiction or non-fiction that reigns and what could be the reasons for the genre preferred by these writers?Įach one would have a different reason for writing a book and it would unfair to guess the reason.

Book by anil swarup