Into the abyss, they drove as he and I stood at the gateway, teary-eyed. No, there was no Amma, not even a soft whisper as I had hoped; none in the last decade. The monsoon downpour created havoc once again. Like her adolescence, it is wild, alluring and burdensome at once. A random crevice overflows with sludge.… Continue reading The Spell Of Her Disappearance
Learning To Be Yourself: Richa Jha’s The Unboy Boy Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in We live in a world where boys and girls are raised to be very different, but very definite people. Just as it is expected that a girl be meek, biddable, quiet and subservient, it is also expected that a boy be aggressive, strong,… Continue reading Learning To Be Yourself: Richa Jha’s The Unboy Boy
Girls To The Rescue: Sowmya Rajendran’s Rewriting Of The Toxic Culture Of The Submissive Little Girl Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in “Who doesn’t want to be a princess?” asks Sowmya Rajendran in her Girls to the Rescue (2015), “A princess can have whatever she wants… How can that possibly be a bad thing?” All literature is… Continue reading Girls To The Rescue: Sowmya Rajendran’s Rewriting Of The Toxic Culture Of The Submissive Little Girl
Little Nooks And Crannies: Bombay’s Writers’ Havens Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in In the rush and bustle of a city like Mumbai, it isn’t always easy to find time to breathe, let alone find your muse and write. Writing can be messy. Sometimes, you just need a bit of peace. And sometimes, you need just enough background noise… Continue reading Little Nooks and Crannies: Bombay’s writer’s Havens
Disgruntled and Underpaid: Writer’s Are People Too Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in Unpopular opinion: writing is a skill. It takes time and effort to develop, and involves a lot more than knowing where to place a comma and never ending a sentence with a preposition. Writers, of both fiction and non-fiction, work hard at what they do.… Continue reading Disgruntled And Underpaid: Writer’s Are People Too
Kamalini Natesan On Attending The Bound Writers’ Retreat (July 2018) Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in When one reads an advert for a writer’s workshop lasting five days (not the advert) – one jumps for joy; if it’s in Goa, one somersaults, I did. So I wrote in. To gain entry I had to do the following… Continue reading Kamalini Natesan On Attending The Bound Writers’ Retreat (July 2018)
In Search Of Refuge: Khaled Hosseini’s Sea Prayer Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in “you have to understand, / that no one puts their children in a boat / unless the water is safer than the land” – “Home” by Warsan Shire Khaled Hosseini has always been famed for his moving writing, his poignant characterizations, and his emphatic depictions… Continue reading In Search Of Refuge: Khaled Husseini’s Sea Prayer
Annie Zaidi On Dabbling With Various Forms And The Value Of Words Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in Annie Zaidi, is one of those rare writers who wears many hats with ease. Her body of work includes reportage, essays, fiction, drama, poetry and graphic storytelling. She is the author of ‘Gulab’, ‘Love Stories # 1 to 14’, and the… Continue reading Annie Zaidi On Dabbling With Various Forms And The Value Of Words
Deep-Diving Into Murakami’s Wonderland Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in The idea that each person experiences life in his or her own way is a common and seemingly banal one. And yet, like so many great writers, Murakami has a way of painting anew what may seem a withered concept It is no secret that Haruki Murakami is… Continue reading Deep-Diving Into Murakami’s Wonderland
Converting Books To Movies: Sidharth Jain On The Business Of Selling Stories Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in We are at the beginning of, at least a solid decade ahead of us, where the focus will be on telling compelling Indian Stories. It’s going to be a golden decade for Indian Writers. 2019 is slated to be the year we see… Continue reading Converting Books To Movies: Sidharth Jain On The Business Of Selling Stories
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