Recipe From My WIP

Today, instead of posting a snippet from my WIP (Work-In-Progress), I’m posting something related to it. Below is the recipe for Aloo Subzi (a traditional, but simple, potato curry) that one of my protagonists loves. Indian cuisine lends itself very naturally to customizations. This recipe is my own take on the age-old recipe of the same [...]

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Hey, That’s My Story!

You pick up a book at the library, because you read an excerpt about it somewhere. You’re very excited about reading it, because you can’t wait to see how the author has handled the plot, how she has sketched the characters, and how well she has balanced action and dialogue with description. And, that book [...]

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Shashi Deshpande

When I was seven or eight, a children’s club came into existence within the neighborhood (thank God to those adults who had the idea to found it!) in which we lived.  It was called Baal Bhavan, which translates to “The Building for Children”. And very aptly it was named too, because it was a place [...]

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The Writing Bug

You know you have been bitten by the writing bug, if:                                                                                                     10.  You cannot seem to switch the muse off, and it hits you at the worst possible moments. 9. You have a better idea about the likes and dislikes of your (target) literary agent than those of your better half. 8. You keep wishing [...]

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Hubble Telescope

April 24th of this year marked the twentieth anniversary of Hubble, the telescope that orbits Earth. It is one of NASA’s most successful and long-lasting science missions. Why did NASA put the telescope in space? So its view would not be compromised by the Earth’s atmosphere, which distorts and blocks the light reaching our planet. [...]

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Is Watching Movies a Chore?

I watched a Hindi movie recently, one that I’ve been meaning to watch for quite some time. It’s an older movie (made about five years ago), but since I’m not really reviewing it now, I’m going to keep from mentioning its name here. It’s one of the more meaningful movies made by a woman director [...]

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Guest Blogger: Liam the Lace Bark Elm

Ahem! Hema has seen some of her blogger friends invite a guest to blog in their stead and has been mulling over whether she should do the same. Since she does not seem to be any closer to making the right decision in the near future, I thought it best to wrest that choice from her and [...]

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Vocabulary Fireworks

Happy Independence Day, everyone! Hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend, and enjoyed some spectacular fireworks shows. No Independence Day celebration is complete without a fireworks show for a finale, is it? When the firecrackers go off against the black of the night, usually accompanied by patriotic music, it is hard for [...]

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Bookworm

Originally posted on February 5, 2010. You know you’re a bookworm if: 10. Your imaginary friends (as a kid) are all characters from books. 9. Your idea of de-stressing is taking a trip to the library. 8. You keep wishing that someone would think of bottling the ‘smell of new books’. 7. You get withdrawal [...]

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