In an interview to Anupama Krishnakumar, Philip John, writer of the story blog ‘Labyrinths’ on Facebook, talks about his association with the written word, his writing process and what it takes to run a page that unfailingly publishes one flash story or a poem every day.
Six passionate lovers of the written word share what their reading journey was like in 2017 – their favourite books; lines from books that they loved, connected with; and new authors they discovered.
‘Summer Home’ is Sowmya’s attempt to evoke the feeling of a short and quiet period of time in the midst of the buzz in a front yard during a summer vacation, where a book and the words within were the magical portal to an escape from the scorching summer reality.
Nandita enjoys reading contemporary literary fiction and loves to read diversely across borders and style. Here are the books that stole her heart in 2017.
Suresh Subrahmanyan takes a quirky look at the redoubtable Shashi Tharoor’s verbose conversational methods.
In an interview to Vani Viswanathan, Bhumika Anand, Founder and Director of Bangalore Writers Workshop, talks about what it means to work with writers on honing their writing skills, and what impact this has had on her own writing.
Oscillating between paranoia and the fear of being branded a social outcast, Sandhya Ramachandran explores the current trends of the social game in verse, wondering if the written word as we know it has any place in the world today.
Yayaati reads to quench his curiosity. Lately, though, he has been reading less fiction than before. He shares what he enjoyed reading in 2017.
Why do I write? For expression, and in the hope my work will leave behind my legacy, shares Malcolm Carvalho through this poem.