"Two Different Feelings at the Same Time." Interview with Atima Srivastava

In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph of this interview: Atima Srivastava was born in Mumbai (India) in 1961, moved to Britain when she was eight, and has since been living in North London. She has written two novels, Transmission (1993) and Looking for Maya (1999), both of which are set texts in the syllabi of several Universities in Britain and other European countries ranging from Poland to Spain. Several of her short stories have been commissioned for and published in anthologies such as New Writing 2001, Well Sorted and Tran-Lit. She has worked in television for over 13 years as a film editor and, more recently, as a director in documentaries and magazine shows. She has three screenplays to her credit: Dancing in the Dark Tx (1992), The Legendary Vindaloo commissioned for Channel 4 (1993); and Camden Story developed for the BBC. A play, Why not Love? has been commissioned by The National Theatre and she has written the libretto for a new opera, Cross Currents, commissioned by Broom Hill Opera, performed in June 2001.