Danica Matus asked Rohith S. Katbamna:

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 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.

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