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Freshly Minted Posts
- A Fifth Blogversary Hi-five March 16, 2016
- Delhi Reveals its ‘Do It’ Spirit January 24, 2016
- Goodbye, 2015. Hello, 2016. January 1, 2016
- “My characters wouldn’t let me rest in peace!” — Sundari Venkatraman December 30, 2015
- Interview plus a teeny weeny look at my new book… November 17, 2015
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Category Archives: Random Musings
Top 3 Lessons I Learnt While Writing Book #3
I sometimes wonder if the writer is truly in control of the story that she’s writing. A thought, that has often popped up during the writing process, again reared its head when I recently finished the manuscript of my third … Continue reading
Posted in A Novel Journey, Random Musings
Tagged author, creative writing, novels, outlining, plot, Procrastination, twists and turns, writing challenges, writing process
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Valentine’s Day — What’s the Big Deal about it?
Valentine’s Day is here. Take a look around you. You can’t miss it–not unless you decide to take a trip to the Mars. Marketers go to town trying to sell everything from heart shaped chocolates and flowers to cell phones … Continue reading
Posted in Random Musings
Tagged celebrations, fesitvals, Khajuraho, love, relationships, romance, romantic love, Valentines Day
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2014 Wrap-Up Write-Up
It’s a bone chilling 9 degrees C in Delhi as I write this. Looking out into my tiny lawn from my writing desk, everything is shrouded in a haze and I can virtually “see” the cold! Even my thirteen-going-on-three-year-old puppy … Continue reading
Posted in Random Musings
Tagged 2014, 2015, authors, bloggers, devika fernando, happy new year, Reet Singh, Rubina Ramesh, shilpa suraj, Sundari Venkatraman, writers, writing, year end musings, zeenat mahal
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Ladakh – The Colours of Life
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away. – Hilary Cooper Breathless in Ladakh When I landed in Leh, with a gang of twenty women out to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Random Musings
Tagged adventures in Ladakh, Leh, monasteries, Pangong Lake, travels
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The growth of Indian literary fests
Originally posted on AditeBanerjie:
World Book Fair 2014, New Delhi Indians are among the world’s top readers according to a recent survey. While the survey and its findings may be open to debate, the fact remains that there has been…
Posted in A Novel Journey, Random Musings
Tagged Jaipur Lit Fest, literary festivals, World Book Fair
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The growth of Indian literary fests
Indians are among the world’s top readers according to a recent survey. While the survey and its findings may be open to debate, the fact remains that there has been a spurt in the reading habit like never before. The … Continue reading
Posted in A Novel Journey, Events, Random Musings
Tagged Amish Tripathi, Bollywood, Indian readers, Irfan Khan, Jaipur Litfest, reading, Shiva Trilogy
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Global Novelists at the Jaipur LitFest
The Jaipur LitFest is a celebration of all things related to writing. Whether you are a reader, novelist, aspiring author, screenwriter, poet, graphic artiste or just a lover of books, Jaipur Lit Fest should definitely be on your to-do destination. … Continue reading
Posted in A Novel Journey, Random Musings
Tagged authors, digital publishing, globalisation, Jaipur Litfest, Jhumpa Lahiri, MT Vasudevan Nair, publishing
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When Creative License is Not Enough
Here is a post that I wrote for Her Film Project. It discusses how films often, in the name of commercialism, seek to portray cliched stereotypes of women. A recent example is Ekta Kapoor’s psycho-thriller flick, Ek Thi Dayan. Can … Continue reading
Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema
On the occasion of the ongoing centenary celebrations of Indian cinema, I requested my friend Aloke Kumar to share his views of Indian cinema. Aloke is a man of many talents and his views and observations about films have always … Continue reading
A Happy Ending and a New Beginning!
A little more than a year after my novel-writing journey began, I am finally approaching my destination. Yes, my debut novel will be published in September this year by Harlequin Mills & Boon and the title is {drum roll, please!} … Continue reading