Writer Who Is Inspired By The Silence Near A Cemetery


Ranjit lal, one of the country’s prominent writers for nature and children, has written a number of much acclaimed books such as the The Bossman Adventures, Enjoying Birds, The Crow Chronicles, and Faces in the Water which also won the Crossword-Vodafone Award for Children’s fiction in 2011-12.

His illustrious career is an inspiration to many, but the location of his residence is an overwhelming one to himself. His humble residence is next to Nicholson Cemetery in New Delhi. Undisturbed by the silence of the surrounding area, he has penned several works of fiction and non-fiction for children.


Writers from Nirmal Singh Lotus Green visited his duplex apartment, and they sat around in the room that he writes, and the author started sharing his perspectives on literature: ““I got about writing for children because I enjoy it more than writing for adults. It is a lot more fun. Like all writing, it is a discipline: I write from 8.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. mostly every day, but really it’s a 24X7 stint, because the rest of the time you are thinking about what you’re going to write about, or how your story is going to progress or how the characters are going to get out of the mess you’ve put them in.” 

The room, painted in red, has been carefully curated to transport him to yesteryears. Other than a comfortable bed, there are two desks and he writes on the one which doesn’t have an old desktop on it. Then there is a window that brings an absolute green and calm view but also opens directly to into the cemetery, with neem and tamarind trees surrounding the graves of many Christians. The author joshed that the neighbors in the cemetery were quiet and he’s mostly undisturbed.


According to the writers at Nirmal Singh Lotus Green, he ensures himself from outside distractions such as birds or jeering monkeys by facing the desktop towards the wall. He’s best known for his columns on nature in his books for children.

“Writing for children is important because it makes kids use their imagination, which these days, especially, they are forgetting how to do because of TV, Internet and social media. And without imagination, nothing can be achieved in any field from accountancy to zoology”, Lal said.
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India

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