It is difficult to imagine how the world can change in a minute. But on November 8, 2016, when news of demonetisation broke - through an unscheduled televised address - the world did change for many. In Fasttrack Fiction (Juggernaut Books), a three-part collection of digital shorts, Murzban Shroff capitalises on fast-paced narrative, where the worlds of his protagonists evolve in every sentence, in stories worded between 150 to 1,500 words.

Shroff's first short story collection, Breathless in Bombay (2008), was shortlisted for the 2009 Commonwealth Writer's Prize, but he soon found himself entangled in a web of litigation - accused of inciting communal disharmony. The first part of Fasttrack Fiction that released last month highlights the intersection between gender, politics, economics and geography, with the second and third scheduled to release next week and month respectively.
Edited excerpts from the interview.