Sure, cricket on a beach on the isle of Jura is different from a Test match in a stadium in Galle, 6000 miles away, despite the sea air. Romesh Gunesekera airbeachcricket Change image and share on social
You might want to write 'War and Peace,' but that might not be who you are. You might be better off with nursery rhymes. Romesh Gunesekera nurserypeacerhyme Change image and share on social
To my mind, forgetting is a risky strategy for living. Memory is essential to us. It is DNA. We need to remember, and we need to imagine. That's why we have books, writing, fiction. Romesh Gunesekera bookdnaessential Change image and share on social
A passenger on a road journey is in the hands of a driver; a reader embarking on a book is in the hands of a narrator. Romesh Gunesekera bookdriverembark Change image and share on social
The most appealing side-effect of Sri Lankan cricket from where I stand, shuffling words, has been linguistic. Romesh Gunesekera appealcricketeffect Change image and share on social
Cricket fans all over the world probably have more in common with each other than with their fellow citizens. Romesh Gunesekera citizencommoncricket Change image and share on social
For me, there is urgency in fiction, even though writing is, in itself, an act against the corrosiveness of time. Romesh Gunesekera actcorrosivenessfiction Change image and share on social
I was very lucky - it wasn't a question of being wealthy; my father was just extremely lucky with the couple of jobs he got. So we got a chance to travel when nobody else could travel. Romesh Gunesekera chancecoupleextremely Change image and share on social
My parents knew a wider range of people than most, and so we had actors, journalists, politicians, planters, sportsmen and women and business folk all coming in and out of the places we lived in. Although my parents were not wealthy, they lived a legendary and amazingly cosmopolitan life. Romesh Gunesekera actoramazinglybusiness share on social
Every Sri Lankan, and almost every visitor to Sri Lanka, carries a longing for the place in some small form - hiraeth, the Welsh call it - wherever they go and whatever their background. It binds them however much the war and politics might try to divide them. Romesh Gunesekera backgroundbindcall share on social