Welcome to another month of We Are the World Blogfest, I share with you the kindness and how we can inculcate it from childhood. Books are indeed the best way to teach our kids apart from our own actions. I share with you a list of 13 Children’s Books That Encourage Kindness Toward Others by BuzzFeed. These …
The tagline of the book, Auto – Pilot: The Art & Science of Doing Nothing is what attracted me to the book. I wanted to know if my thoughts on the concept of being idle resonated with the book and author. The author makes it abundantly clear in the first few pages itself that he …
Mind Body and Soul is the story of Vanyaa, obsessed with an Indian television star gets the chance to meet her idol and get to know him—but the secret he hides may tear them both apart, and reality offers a sharp contrast to the glamour of the onscreen world. Mind Body and Soul Print …
My Singapore Fling takes Dipa to foreign shores for an affair that she assures herself is the best solution of all her love problems. She flies to Singapore and spends her days in luxury and splurging. A weekend of pampering and decadence as she searches for a fling in #MySingaporeFling. Someone to make her forget …
Bend Your Knees & Do Your Best is the story of Kalyani, a woman working in the IT sector, a bit on her own terms. She is unmarried and forty; she has spunk, spirit and a great support system to keep her going. Things get out of hand with the organisation facing layoffs and …
I was very chuffed when Shalini from Shalzmojo asked me to guest post for her for [ #WisdomWednesday ] I have known Shalini when we met for the Breaking Barriers event organised by WomenWeb last year. She is a spirited and generous person. I really enjoy her bubbly and friendly nature, always willing to lend an ear. …
Unfairy Tales is a retelling of the old, original fairy tales we enjoyed as kids. All of us would have regaled our kids with various versions of these stories but never like this. Carthick has put his own unique spin on the tales. Each story has a different flavour and makes them good and a …
The personal part of this blog has been languishing for a while, in fact, I don’t think I have done a personal post for a very long time. When Shantala tagged me for #AnythingButBooks tag, I was happy to take it up. Plus the questions are so interesting. …
The Great Indian Literature Festival was a three-day literature festival, held in Udaipur. It was an invite only event and I was one of the invitees and a panellist as well. You can follow it on TGIL Facebook Page here. The debates, discussions and impact of bringing regional literature to fore as well as the …
Guilty Pleasures is an inter-cultural love story between Alex and Sarai. He is from the US and she is from Thailand. There is an instant attraction between the two but when Alex finds out that, she is his brother’s friend he wants nothing to do with Sarai. The brothers have an ex-wife/ ex-girlfriend in common. …
The New Year has arrived and I start it with an apology even as I already feel myself getting familiar with the year ahead. I had big plans for 2017 since the New Year always gets me in a good mood. Sadly the plans went bust with the blog as I tried to tinker around …
This book is a delightful story about how children can overcome bullying with each other’s help and support. The kids make friends and make the new girl welcome. She too stands up for reading and books which is another good lesson for children. Bullying is encountered by all of us during our life. Rare is …
ABOUT THE BOOK – How to Make and Publish a Children’s Picture Book: How I created and promoted my picture book series by Werner Stejskal How I create and promote my own picture book series – This booklet is all about my experiences on the long journey of publishing my picture book series and becoming …
Through the month of April I am writing along with 1900 participants for the A to Z Challenge. My theme for the Alphabet Challenge is FEELINGS and FICTION. The happy, sad, funny, silly, envious, over the top and totally low down account of feelings in 100 words of fiction. …