LETTER TEMPLATES

Inspired by the movie “Julie & Julia” in which Julie tries a new recipe daily, as well as a short story in Murakami’s “The Elephant Vanishes” where a group of people get together to write letters, I’m embarking on a project titled, "Letter Templates".


The mark of a good writer for me is when the reader feels a complete sense of identification with the writer despite being complete strangers in entirely different circumstances.

So “Letter Templates” traces a series of letters addressed to a multitude of varied individuals: the clinic receptionist, the gardener, the school girl, the brother, the distant grandmother, the deranged professor and others. Each letter is penned from a different character. It is in these fictitious letters where I hope the power of words is reflected and the reader thinks to himself/herself: I get goosebumps knowing how closely aligned my thoughts and emotions are with the writer.