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Fill Questionnaire to Become a Literary Superstar

Mittikatel Press, one of India’s leading English-language publishers, is commissioning a new generation of young authors to write books of fiction. Kindly complete the following questionnaire and send it to us. Based on the number of satisfactory responses, we will shortlist tomorrow’s literary superstars.

1. Have you ever been a student of an IIT or IIM? If not, can you write like you have been?

2. What is your annual income? If nil, what is your father’s/husband’s occupation and annual income?

3. Were you educated abroad? If educated in India, in which hill station is your school located?

4. Name at least 5 socialites in Delhi you are close to. (Skip this question if the answer to question 7 or 8 is yes.)

5. Name at least 5 media-persons in Delhi you are close to. (Skip this question if the answer to question 6  is yes.)

6. Are you a Bengali?

7.  Are you from a royal family?

8. Is either of your parents or your spouse a diplomat/civil servant/senior judge/minister?

9. How comfortable will you be writing on the following themes? Number at least five in the order of preference.

a) an urban adolescent in search of the meaning of life
b) virginity
c) IIT
d) NRI life
c)  fashion designers’ life/adultery
d) the Raj
e) Nawabs, palaces and NRI descendants
f) funny non-English-speaking Indians
g) spices/coasts (including Kerala, Goa, communism, Pondicherry French, etc.
h) Bollywood/the underworld
i) Kolkata

10. Among the titles listed below, which fits best the book(s) you are going to write?

a) The Inhibited Desire of Abandoned Lotuses
b) Windless Nights of Kolkata Autumn
c) Cocktail Butterfly
d) The Famished Pelicans of Pune
e) Foupe (Don’t reach for the dictionary, it’s not there.)
f) Tamasha Gallery
g) The Milk-van Owner’s Wife
h) A Book without Silk
i) (Any word with 3 or more syllables) + -wallah
j) Turmeric/Tamarind Mistress

10. How many Facebook friends do you have?

11. If your book is published, how can you help in the promotion? Mention a rough figure.

12. Name 2-3 celebrities by whom you can have your book released (at your expense) if published.

13. Mention the number of foreigners (whites) you will be able to arrange for the book-release party.

14. Have you ever written any book review?

15. Optional: What is your experience in creative writing?

Please complete the questionnaire in as much detail as possible and email it to litstar@mittikatelpressindia.com