tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693426940490804954.post6839971898107543745..comments2024-03-16T11:55:38.236+05:30Comments on The Corporate Slacker: Book Review: Rain, by Sriram SubramanianPercy Slackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12743973968486575362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693426940490804954.post-74020030357662053322016-08-21T10:59:48.839+05:302016-08-21T10:59:48.839+05:30'reader has known' not 'writer has kno...'reader has known' not 'writer has known'...facepalm! You're absolutely right of course!! Apologies.<br /><br />SriramAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693426940490804954.post-77249139563573384352016-08-20T20:30:05.919+05:302016-08-20T20:30:05.919+05:30I said 'reader has known', by which I mean...I said 'reader has known', by which I meant that anyone who reads the book should be able to relate its characters to someone real. A good writer always draws on real-life persons, but the really good ones are able to draw composites who are real without being mere caricatures of the person they are based on.Percy Slackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743973968486575362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693426940490804954.post-52908926882022089172016-08-20T17:44:42.462+05:302016-08-20T17:44:42.462+05:30aspirationalaspirationalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693426940490804954.post-54064064852173761892016-08-20T17:43:21.403+05:302016-08-20T17:43:21.403+05:30Wow, thanks Percy! High praise indeed, coming from...Wow, thanks Percy! High praise indeed, coming from you.<br /><br />'one can safely say that each individual in Rain is a reflection of a person the reader has known at some point.' <br /><br />I think I can safely consider it my greatest achievement that not one of the characters in Rain is a real-life person I've known; they're all entirely fictional. Certainly, Jai has a lot of me in him (in terms of core values and reactions, not the external trappings), and I've seen some aspects of some of the characters first hand in some people, but that's about it. Ganesh for instance, is entirely aspirations - he is what I would like to be, when I'm 60. <br /><br />Happy to discuss the improvement areas (and there are many, I'm sure) - privately, and at leisure, perhaps in person. <br /><br />A big thank you, once again!<br /><br />Sriram Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com