Natasha Sharma: Digging Into the Past

History doesn’t always announce itself with grand battles or royal proclamations. Sometimes, it arrives quietly—in the form of an unexpected object and an even more unexpected question. For Natasha Sharma, the journey into writing historical fiction began not with a powerful ruler or a date, but with a sock pulled from a black sack during a writing workshop. What followed was confusion, curiosity and eventually, a deep dive into India’s past. Writing the History Mystery series has been about finding stories hidden between footnotes, facts and forgotten details—and discovering how history, when approached with imagination and humour, can be as thrilling as any mystery.