Saturday, April 10, 2010

The richie rich

Among the people who most fascinate me are those who have so much money that they don't have to work for a living. The reason I am fascinated is that it so often happens that instead of being lazy dullards living sybaritic, inconsequential lives, they turn out to be among the most creative people, contributing things of incalculable value to civilisation. The Roman philosopher emperor Marcus Aurelius was one such. So was Tolstoy (until he gave it all away), and Tagore, and Lord Kelvin the chemist, and Ludwig Wittgenstein (he too chose poverty). I could name dozens more. And so many of them keep working either because they are workaholics, or because they are addicted to the fame and money, or because they have found only work keeps them sane - look at Steve Jobs, and Sachin Tendulkar.

So what has Ms. J.K. Rowling been doing these three years since the last Harry Potter book was released? Can somebody find out and tell me?

8 comments:

Joydeep said...

Sir,

I remember reading somewhere that she will write another Harry Potter book in probably the next 10 years.

As of now, she is taking a creative hiatus- this is my best guess.

Thanks,
Joydeep

Suvro Sarkar said...

"...they turn out to be among the most creative people, contributing things of incalculable value to civilisation." - maybe a certain Lalit Modi (scion of Modi Enterprises) will be considered the Richie Rich Icon by the next generation!

Suvro Chatterjee said...

Ha!

Suvro Chatterjee said...

No more inputs? Nothing more definite?

Rowling, J.K said...

J.K is reading


your blog.

By Rowling

Suvro Chatterjee said...

I wonder if this is somebody's idea of a joke. I published it anyway, and just in case (not very likely!) that it is from who it is supposed to be, thank you kindly, ma'am.

But seriously, has anybody heard anything at all? Surely she hasn't giving up writing for good?

Shilpi said...

Quite perplexing. I haven't been able to find a thing about what she's doing these days. She can't have given up writing but I don't have a clue as to what she's been doing...whatever she's doing she's not letting anyone know. And it's been a good 3 years since the last of the Potter books came out.

I wonder about that previous comment as well. Bizarre...

This post is a neat one with a twist in the tale...
Take care.
Shilpi

Sayan Datta said...

A few months ago I watched her interview; probably on the Fox History channel. There she mentioned that she is busy writing a political fantasy.
sayan Datta