Interview with award-winning New Zealand author, Gavin Bishop

14 12 , 2018 No Comments
In December 2018, award-winning New Zealand children’s writer Gavin Bishop was invited to India by the New Zealand High Commission for an author tour. Gavin
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Book 22: 2-8 December 2018

12 12 , 2018 No Comments
Every Monday I post some of the books I have received in the previous week. This post will be in addition to my regular blog
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“I felt a Funeral in my Brain” a novel by Will Walton

09 12 , 2018 No Comments
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,And Mourners to and froKept treading – treading – till it seemedThat Sense was breaking through – And then
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Julia Donaldson in India, Jan 2018

08 12 , 2018 No Comments
Julia Donaldson Universally adored children’s writer Julia Donaldson toured India in January 2018. The reception she received was heartwarming. Wherever she went there were crowds
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Interview with instapoet Nikita Gill

07 12 , 2018 No Comments
Alice in Wonderland  Alice’s rabbit hole began when she entered her father’s library and picked up one of the books she was forbidden to read.
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Book 21: 25 November – 1 December 2018

03 12 , 2018 No Comments
Every Monday I post some of the books I have received in the previous week. Embedded in the book covers and post will also be
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‘Children are shape shifters who go easily into a story, but adults hesitate’: Writer Cornelia Funke

03 12 , 2018 No Comments
I interviewed legendary German writer of fantasy fiction for children Cornelia Funke. Scroll published the interview on 2 December 2018. It is c&p below too. 
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Times Lit Fest, Delhi, panels on “Cultivating the passion of reading in children” and “What India Reads”

02 12 , 2018 No Comments
The Times LitFest Delhi ( 1-2 Dec 2018) was organised at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. I moderated two sessions with the both panel
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Louise Erdrich “The Blue Jay’s Dance”

28 11 , 2018 No Comments
Novelist Louise Erdrich’s The Blue Jay’s Dance about balancing life as a mother and a writer is a fascinating account. It was written in the mid-nineties but
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Zainab Priya Dala’s “What Gandhi Didn’t See: Being Indian in South Africa”

26 11 , 2018 No Comments
Like a white net veil worn over a red saree, or an ivory satin gown sleeve that borders ornate paisley mehndi patterns, the people of
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