The urge to do something on the Valentine’s day and to utilize the weekend pushed the plans for this trip. Having the fear to do all by oneself and along Read More
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About the Author: Devapriya Roy is the author of three novels, The Vague Woman’s Handbook (2011), The Weight Loss Club (2013) and Friends from College (2019), a version of which Read More
About the Author: Anupama Jain is the author of ‘When Padma Bani Paula‘, a breezy novel about second chances of life and the importance of staying true to one’s roots. Read More
About the Author: With a lifelong passion for books, languages, travel and history, Archana has a knack for weaving delightful nuggets of information into engaging tales. Archana is the author Read More
About the Author: Anirban Bhattacharya, the author of The Deadly Dozen: India’s Most Notorious Serial Killers, grew up in a boarding school called Dr Graham’s Homes in Kalimpong which is Read More
We often hear of how victors write the history and how history would have been different if the defeated had written history. Same is true of fiction as well – only Read More
Have you wondered why a lot of stories end with lovers meeting, marriages, victories and deaths? It is because stories have to start somewhere and stop somewhere, and these are Read More
One question I am often asked is why do I do so many retellings of old stories instead of telling fresh ones. One way I answer is to put the Read More
Yes… fall in love with words, with your thoughts, with your craft. Let writing be that euphoria where not just you but even your reader find the art of storytelling Read More
Social media might have been a fatal reality for so many in various ways but for writers like us, it has been such a benediction, a curveball for a lot Read More
As writers, one of the major hiccups that we all encounter is an elusive pen. Many say a writer’s block is a myth, but I often find myself sitting in Read More
“Tonight I can write the saddest lines.I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.Through nights like this one, I held her in my armsI kissed her again and again Read More
Literature writing is a task in itself, isn’t it? Creating characters that I had made up in my mind, plotting their choices and life paths, finding the start of the Read More
Ever since I was ten, I have harboured the ultimate dream – of becoming an author of a best-selling novel. Being an ardent reader (and still am!), my major inspirations Read More
Ever since I was three, my grandmother would read me the tales that began with a ‘Once upon a time’ and end with ‘…and they lived happily ever after!’ They Read More
A long impending trip which had all the reasons to be postponed, cancelled, etc., somehow got finally scheduled. Despite last minute cancellations and scary weather forecasts, it started off on Read More
Many times, we find our minds enveloped in nightmares, questioning our self worth and even wondering whether whatever efforts we make are worth it. Many times, we often want to Read More
As a mentor, time and again I have many writers come up to me to share how they love writing and nurture great thoughts in their minds to express, but Read More
