India, Nov. 29 -- The sub-genre of 'memoir' writing within the larger genre of non-fiction has become quite popular in India in the last decade or so. Biographies, memoirs and historical non-fiction now flood the market - and according to publishing sources, are very popular. It is in this light, that I contextualize There is a Ghost in My Room by Sanjoy K Roy, his debut book.

We already publicly know Roy as an entrepreneur of the arts, a managing director of Teamwork Arts, which produces over 30 acclaimed performing arts, visual arts and literary festivals across 40 cities in countries such as Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UK and USA; including the world's largest literary g...