‘There is a kind of restfulness in not seeing well that the clear-sighted will never know.’

All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

What had caused Myshkin’s mother to flee to Bali from India in the 1930s? It is 1992 and Myshkin is on a mission to find the pieces of a puzzle that unfolded decades ago with the freedom struggle as the backdrop.

Love story meets history in Anuradha Roy’s All The Lives We Never Lived as an older Myshkin discovers a bunch of letters from his mother explaining why she had to leave the way she did and her subsequent journey as an artist in Bali. The narrative becomes epistolary for a major part, helping readers connect even deeper with the characters.

‘There is a kind of restfulness in not seeing well that the clear-sighted will never know.’

All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

What had caused Myshkin’s mother to flee to Bali from India in the 1930s? It is 1992 and Myshkin is on a mission to find the pieces of a puzzle that unfolded decades ago with the freedom struggle as the backdrop.

Love story meets history in Anuradha Roy’s All The Lives We Never Lived as an older Myshkin discovers a bunch of letters from his mother explaining why she had to leave the way she did and her subsequent journey as an artist in Bali. The narrative becomes epistolary for a major part, helping readers connect even deeper with the characters.

‘There is a kind of restfulness in not seeing well that the clear-sighted will never know.’

All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

What had caused Myshkin’s mother to flee to Bali from India in the 1930s? It is 1992 and Myshkin is on a mission to find the pieces of a puzzle that unfolded decades ago with the freedom struggle as the backdrop.

Love story meets history in Anuradha Roy’s All The Lives We Never Lived as an older Myshkin discovers a bunch of letters from his mother explaining why she had to leave the way she did and her subsequent journey as an artist in Bali. The narrative becomes epistolary for a major part, helping readers connect even deeper with the characters.

‘There is a kind of restfulness in not seeing well that the clear-sighted will never know.’

All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

What had caused Myshkin’s mother to flee to Bali from India in the 1930s? It is 1992 and Myshkin is on a mission to find the pieces of a puzzle that unfolded decades ago with the freedom struggle as the backdrop.

Love story meets history in Anuradha Roy’s All The Lives We Never Lived as an older Myshkin discovers a bunch of letters from his mother explaining why she had to leave the way she did and her subsequent journey as an artist in Bali. The narrative becomes epistolary for a major part, helping readers connect even deeper with the characters.

I’ve three to four bosses in my life… they don’t let me eat, they don’t let me drink, they don’t let me do anything!” Swara Bhasker pointed towards her entourage — manager to make-up artist — and threw up her hands in mock frustration when we caught up with her for a chat recently. We were on the sidelines of the launch of Season 2 of Swara’s web series It’s Not That Simple. In the series, the 30-year-old actress returns to play Mira, a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage, who reunites with her ex boyfriends at a school reunion and slips into an affair. t2 chatted with Swara about the show, her predilection to speak her mind and the Twitter hate that comes her way.

I’ve three to four bosses in my life… they don’t let me eat, they don’t let me drink, they don’t let me do anything!” Swara Bhasker pointed towards her entourage — manager to make-up artist — and threw up her hands in mock frustration when we caught up with her for a chat recently. We were on the sidelines of the launch of Season 2 of Swara’s web series It’s Not That Simple. In the series, the 30-year-old actress returns to play Mira, a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage, who reunites with her ex boyfriends at a school reunion and slips into an affair. t2 chatted with Swara about the show, her predilection to speak her mind and the Twitter hate that comes her way.

I never thought that being a public figure and speaking my mind are mutually exclusive. I pay my taxes on time, I obey traffic signals, I abide by the law, I vote very regularly… I do all my duties as a citizen and I have nothing to be scared of

Swara Bhasker

I never thought that being a public figure and speaking my mind are mutually exclusive. I pay my taxes on time, I obey traffic signals, I abide by the law, I vote very regularly… I do all my duties as a citizen and I have nothing to be scared of

Swara Bhasker

Swara Bhasker in a still from It's Not That Simple Agencies

Swara Bhasker in a still from It's Not That Simple Agencies