JCB Prize 2020 shortlist | Dharini Bhaskar on why Scheherazade is the story Premium Dharini Bhaskar In part two of a series of essays, written exclusively for Lounge, by writers shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2020, Dharini Bhaskar wonders if the pandemic has opened new possibilities for storytelling Share Via Read Full Story My two-year-old son stands at the doorway that leads to language. Each day, new words rush towards him—pushcart, waterfall, animal. He tries to befriend them. Today, the word is ‘rubberband’. My son views it with tentativeness. ‘ Rub-ber-band,’ he says, the first syllable stretching. He isn’t pleased, I can tell, his eyes frown. ‘Rub-ber-