![]() ![]() You can’t speak to the mystery writer in a hushed tone because age has diminished his sense of hearing but his understanding of the pulse of his reader is as strong as ever before. Health doesn’t allow the 78-year-old to indulge into a hearty meal but he still gives eight hours to writing. Now television soaps have taken over that space,” says Pathak as we settle for a leisurely chat at Made In India, the Indian speciality restaurant of Radisson Blu MBD in Noida. At that time homemakers used to read books after completing their household chores. Films didn’t release every day, but books could come out every day because there were 60-70 publishers. ![]() That was the time when people were dependant on books and films for entertainment. “When I started writing in early ’60s, there used to be many writers and many publishers. “I am the only one left in this trade because I diversified in time,” says SMP, as he is known among his countless fans, referring to the gradual demise of Hindi pulp fiction. ![]() With almost 300 books to his credit, the veteran writer of Hindi crime fiction is more than just a prolific writer. Surendra Mohan Pathak allows me to touch his overworked digitus medius, which at its prime helped him write 40 pages a day. Over the years, one has met many authors but none made me feel the dent in his finger. ![]()
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