Rahul da Cunha

Theatre director and playwright Rahul da Cunha, whose most-recent feather in the cap is the brilliant adaption and sensitive direction of Talking With 8212; a part of Going Solo 8212; cannot forget the first time he read Animal Farm. This George Orwell book remains his all-time favourite for quot;its uniqueness of format, where animals posed as people and its bitter satire.quot; Hemingway is just as high up on Rahul8217;s list for his ability to paint pictures with words, quot;In the Old Man And The Sea and For Whom The Bells Toll, he creates the most amazing visual imagery,quot; he says. And in the detective and murder mystery genre, Rahul takes his hat off to Ed McBain and Agatha Christie respectively for their understanding of the criminal mind. quot;Both had you chewing you nails in excitement and anticipation,quot; he says. P G Wodehouses8217;s talent for drawing good humour out of the simplest situations also has Rahul in awe, quot;As a writer, I wish I could write like that.quot; And his director8217;s mind lovesArundhati Roy8217;s God of Small Things for the extremely vivid descriptions, quot;I could see Kerala so clearly,quot; wondering how its critics failed to see the book8217;s beauty.