Free image from Pixabay. Thank you to the creator TanteTati. What comes naturally to you, when you think of writing? It is definitely poetry in my case. Even as I plot for my first attempt at NaNoWriMo this year, I find myself doing more poetry and less character development. I like to begin my day …
Book Review- the Misters Kuru
Book: the Misters Kuru: A Return to Mahabharata Author: Trisha Das Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India Genre: Humour Language: English Do not be misled. ‘the Misters Kuru’ is not just another one of your mythological stories. Witty and humorous, the book brings characters from the great epic Mahabharata and places them in the contemporary world. Imagine …
BOOK REVIEW- AFTER DEATH COMES WATER
(Image: Harper Collins) Book: After Death Comes Water Poet: Joy Goswami (Translated from the Bengali by Sampurna Chattarji) Publisher: Harper Perennial Genre: Prose Poetry Language: English Lovers of poetry can only hope to satiate some of their thirst for this enriching art if they meander into the world of translated verses. The globe with its …
CHINESE WHISKERS- BOOK REVIEW
(Image source: Internet) Book: Chinese Whiskers Author: Pallavi Aiyar (@pallaviaiyar) Publisher: Harper Collins Genre: General Fiction/ Contemporary Fiction Language: English Recently I watched an interesting writing session with Pallavi Aiyar as part of Blogchatter’s #WritFest. Thereafter her book ‘Chinese Whiskers’ made its way into my library. It was the author’s debut book and the first …
A to Z Challenge- MY JOURNEY (Registrations for 2021 now open)
(Image courtesy : Blogchatter) In March 2019, a post on Facebook caught my attention. I was a young blogger, looking to gain a foothold in the blogging world. The post was an announcement about a friend’s participation in a month-long blogging event, popularly called ‘The A to Z Challenge’. I must admit here that I …
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BOOK REVIEW- ALONG CAME A SPYDER
Book: Along Came a Spyder Author: Apeksha Rao ( https://twitter.com/apekshar ) Publisher: Tree Shade Books Genre: YA spy thriller Language: English Price: INR 315/- (Paperback) INR 175/- (Kindle Edition) A YA spy thriller? Didn’t I leave them way behind when I entered adulthood? It was with scepticism that I picked up Apeksha Rao’s ‘Along …
A Hundred Quills 