Books & Storytelling is for the stories we read and the ones we accidentally live inside. These pieces are about books, authors, characters, memory, narrative, and the way stories shape how we understand people, families, women, silence, reputation, and ourselves.
When I began blogging back in 2004, it was simply a new platform of expression. It became a community of people who wrote well and formed a mutual admiration society. Over the last 11 years, blogging has evolved into a full fledged profession. Plenty of people I know are blogging full time and making good […]
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Plot of A Dance with the Corporate Ton A Dance with the Corporate Ton: Reflections of a Worker Ant is an autobiographical account of author Lata Subramanian’s professional life. It starts with a brief glimpse of her childhood and then quickly transitions to her humble beginning in the service industry. The book is about her unconventional
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Well this blog post title was quite a mouthful! Wasn’t it? When the event was action packed like this… it deserves a title like that!! I learnt about this event via JAMM’s. You guys must have read about JAMM’s social initiatives like i-light and Step Up. It is an award winning group that promotes connecting
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I met Anamika Mishra, a fellow blogger during the Tata Motors meet in Goa. At that time I did not know that she is a published author and has been a Radio Jockey! I found out that she left her full time job to turn into an author. Here is a tete-a-tete about her and her
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An Autograph for Anjali is the latest book by Sundari Venkatraman. In The Book Club that I am a part of, Sundari has been called the Desi Mills and Boons queen. Having read some of her previous books too, I had a fair idea of what to expect. I also wanted to know if Sundari
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Guy on the Sidewalk is a book written by a fellow blogger Bharath Krishna. He reached out to me via IndiBlogger and asked if I would like to read and review the book. I received the book before its release but my travel and then the car incident has been keeping me totally tied up.
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I closed 2015 at 43 books. My 2015 reading challenge began at 25 books and then I upped to 30 books after hearing about the brunch book challenge. I did my 30 books and had a few months to spare. I debated with increasing my limit but decided that I would set a steeper target
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I was recently introduced to The Book Club and I will be forever thankful to Nilima for having done so. I instantly connected with the like minded individuals who loved books and the wonderful community is a motley collection of book lovers, bloggers and authors. They go a long way to promote new authors and Indie
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When Esha reached out to me on twitter, many things about her intrigued me. First, she is a lady IPS officer. If you look at her current twitter DP, she kills it with the Dabbang look – Her uniform, aviators and that tiny little nose pin adds to her swag! Second was that she was
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I vaguely remember an interaction with Anjlee Shah before the release of The Shaadi Brouhaha, when she was promoting the book on social media. I remember reading an excerpt and making a mental note to pick this up. Then, the usual happened. You know, work, baby, travel and all that. I forgot about it. Fast
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