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Rohith S. Katbamna

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Born in Hammersmith, England, Rohith S. Katbamna began his writing career in the film and television industry.

Following on from his work with the BBC, Channel 4 and IFC, including his acclaimed documentary, Hooking in JoBurg, Rohith’s feature debut came at the age of 28 when he wrote, produced, shot and directed the British television miniseries, PREMature. A culmination of a decade of work on the professional circuit, of which he was nominated for a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit.

With the success of the series, he dedicated the next three years towards honing his writing craft through his debut hybrid novel, Down and Rising. An idea originally conceived in response to social and political tensions with an emphasis on humanistic themes and psychol ...more

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I find the endings to both of your books intriguing. What is the reason for why you end your stories the way that you do?

Rohith S. Katbamna Hello Anita,

My sincere apologies for the delay in answering your question. As mentioned to another reader, I didn't see a notification for your questi…moreHello Anita,

My sincere apologies for the delay in answering your question. As mentioned to another reader, I didn't see a notification for your question.

Thank you for taking the time to read my books and I'm glad that you found the conclusions to them, intriguing.

As your question is in line with another fellow reader, I'd like to refer my response to the answer I gave to them:

I guess the endings are dependent on the genre(s) and core subject matter/themes that I'm writing within and about. Both 'Down and Rising' and 'Gulab' have as you've appropriately stated, non-typical endings. From my personal ethos, the significance in the books pertaining to the social, political and more importantly, spiritual compontents would feel stunted if I gave the reader full fantastical comfort in that they can now close the book on what they've read and forget about it because 'it was just a made-up story'. Both works contain real-world situations, of which we're constantly affected by on a daily basis and though these are fiction-labelled books, I've imbued the most realism that I can to bridge the reader and the real-world during the reading process. With so many paralytics in the world pushing society towards spiritual dormancy, providing a neat and 'happy' ending would only feed that paralysis. But this is of course, in the context of the themes and subject matter, which I've chosen to write about.

Appreciate your time and question.

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Hello Rohith. I've now read both of your novels and enjoyed them thoroughly. My question to you is: what is the reason for your style of endings? It's not the typical neat bow but more open ended. Thank you.

Rohith S. Katbamna Hello Danica,

My sincere apologies for the delay in answering your question. I didn't see a notification for your question.

Thank you for reading my wor…moreHello Danica,

My sincere apologies for the delay in answering your question. I didn't see a notification for your question.

Thank you for reading my works.

I guess the endings are dependent on the genre(s) and core subject matter/themes that I'm writing within and about. Both 'Down and Rising' and 'Gulab' have as you've appropriately stated, non-typical endings. From my personal ethos, the significance in the books pertaining to the social, political and more importantly, spiritual compontents would feel stunted if I gave the reader full fantastical comfort in that they can now close the book on what they've read and forget about it because 'it was just a made-up story'. Both works contain real-world situations, of which we're constantly affected by on a daily basis and though these are fiction-labelled books, I've imbued the most realism that I can to bridge the reader and the real-world during the reading process. With so many paralytics in the world pushing society towards spiritual dormancy, providing a neat and 'happy' ending would only feed that paralysis. But this is of course, in the context of the themes and subject matter, which I've chosen to write about.

Appreciate your thoughtful question.

Peace,
Rohith S.K.(less)

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'DOWN AND RISING' drops on Kindle!

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To celebrate the release of my second novel, GULAB, I'm pleased to make known that my first book, DOWN AND RISING, is now available on Kindle!

Much effort has gone into replicating the visual experience of the paperback in digital form, all with an emphasis on the poignant illustrations by artist, Filmon Belay.

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“Perhaps the early indicators of the end times were not birthed in these later events. But were rather the symptoms of a fundamental flaw in the human condition.”
― Rohith S. Katbamna, Down and Rising

tags: englightening

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“Most nights, her body was commerce. She traded vacuous affection for survival. Her wounded soul, bandaged by the deceptive nature of the
Zone had served no purpose in aiding her.”
― Rohith S. Katbamna, Down and Rising

tags: beautiful-woman, sex-work, survival, tragic

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“Their society had been built to fail. Dynasties of power and parties of authority had on retrospect, staged countless renditions of the same play. Granted, an evolution had occurred. But the story unfolded the same way.”
― Rohith S. Katbamna, Down and Rising

tags: corrupt-leaders, elections, enlightening, financial-crisis, society-humanity, working-class

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