Q. How would you define your style of writing?
A. I write very plainly. What I wish for is for the reader to almost not notice the language and to be lost inside the story and inside the characters. I tend to also rely a lot on humour. This is because I think most people are funny.

Two of Akhil Sharma’s most-acclaimed works

Q. Family remains a key element in all your writing; do you feel the urge to write something totally different from your earlier works? If so, what would it be about?
A. I am writing a collection of short stories, and some of the stories are nothing like what I have ever written before. I do think that for almost everyone, the most important thing is relationships and so, family is a natural subject matter.