How did the idea of the association emerge?
The Crime Writers’ Association of South Asia was an idea that came from Namita Gokhale who runs the Jaipur Literature Festival. She noticed that there was a definite growth in this genre not only in India but also all around. More and more younger writers are being drawn towards this particular style of writing. As we got talking, I also found out that something needed to be done about it. As these authors do not get a platform or that kind of proper support from publishers and other people who might like to read that kind of literature, we thought of this.