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Gulzar

PROFILE

Gulzar, originally known as Sampooran Singh Kalra, is a poet, filmmaker, lyricist and writer. His creative repertoire includes poems, short stories, scripts, plays, ballets, music albums, serials as well as books for children. His works have been translated into many languages and received national and international acclaim. He is a seven-time recipient of the prestigious National Award as well as 21 Filmfare Awards. He won the 2002 Sahitya Akademi Award for Best Urdu Writer and was conferred the Padma Bhushan in 2004. He was awarded the 2009 Academy Award and the 2009 Grammy for Best Original Song (‘Jai Ho’ in Slumdog Millionaire), the 27th Indira Gandhi National Integration Award in 2012 and the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 2013. He is currently the Chancellor of Assam University.

PROMPT BY AUTHOR

"I'm not a refugee. I am an immigrant."

RULES BY THE AUTHOR

No Rules!


WRITE INDIA RULES

1. Read carefully the passage provided by the author. You can use it anywhere in your story.
2. Each author has provided some rules. If your story does not abide by the rules, it shall be considered disqualified.
3. DO NOT tamper with the Author's passage. Entries with 'split' passage or with any kind of change in the passage will be disqualified.
4. Stick to a minimum of 1500 words and a maximum of 3000 words.
5. The story must be written in English. Be careful with your editing, grammar and punctuation. Though we are primarily looking for good storytellers, language skill will strengthen your case in case of a tie.
6. Please submit your story before or on the last day of the contest for it to be considered. Only entries submitted till midnight of every 30th will be considered.
7. If you send more than one entry, please remember we will be considering only the last one sent.
8. DO NOT upload or email scanned or JPEG files of your story. Such entries will be disqualified.




  • “[T]he great, irreplaceable potentiality of fiction is that it makes possible the imagining of possibilities.”
    - Amitav Ghosh
  • “We're waiting for a glance or a word, some acknowledgement that we are here.”
    - Jeet Thayil
  • “Words, after all, are nothing by themselves. They burst into meaning only in the minds they’ve entered.”
    - Vivek Shanbhag
  • “Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.”
    - Salman Rushdie
  • "Stories about ordinary men in extraordinary conditions is the story readers will – across generations – relate to."
    - Clare Mackintosh
  • “A good storyteller is the conscience-keeper of a nation.”
    - Gulzar
  • “Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers”
    - Amish Tripathi
  • "Truth is strong medicine. It should be prescribed with great care."
    - Nayantara Sahgal