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Asian Books Blog interview on the lure of the strange, surreal, and macabre
EC: What draws you to the strange, the surreal, the ominous and the macabre?
SSH: ‘Strange’ ideas come to me quite naturally, I suppose, because I’m neuro-atypical. To think within the constraints of convention or ‘normality’ is a stretch because my brain is wired differently. But I also feel that the mainstream that seeks to exclude those they perceive as ‘different’ is secretly not that well-adjusted or ‘normal’ themselves. That all of us have quirks and angularities that we deny, or are unaware of. I sympathise with both the overt misfits and the secret ones. I have empathy for those who find that life, and their own nature, and the lack of understanding from the world around them, have derailed their plans of leading a contented, conventional life. A ‘normal’ life. But as we acknowledge differences more and more, whether in sexuality or culture, or anything else, perhaps we see that there is no such thing as ‘normal’. My imagination teems with those on the margins for reasons of genetics, ostracization, illness, economics, and more, and in my work they find a home.
(Please click on pic for rest of the interview)
News of our opera ‘Migrations’ trends online and travels the world
Top Indian Newspaper The Hindu features my Welsh National Opera story
Two solo gigs on county’s best virtual culture fest, and all in aid of frontline workers- do join me!
Our Welsh National Opera production in big Indian newspaper!
Migration Chronicler
“Shreya Sen Handley is…the first South Asian woman to have written a libretto for an international opera,” states top Indian newspapers
“…Shreya may very well be the third notable librettist. Effectively then, it is three cheers for Shreya Sen Handley! Way to go, Shreya!”
“Shreya Sen Handley becomes first Indian woman to write international opera” says top newspapers Asian Age and Deccan Herald
‘Strange:Stories’ is diverse, riveting and really enjoyable~ BBC Radio
Please click on pic to listen to legendary BBC Radio host John Holmes discuss my new HarperCollins book of “unsettling” short stories, our new, multicultural Welsh National opera extravaganza that goes on tour in Britain this year, THAT Colin Firth lake scene in BBC’s Pride and Prejudice, and the sorry state of the world, from 1:11:20 to 1:56:34!