Writer. Editor
The journalist in me kicks into action with the interviews I do. I have built this portfolio of interviews consisting of authors, filmmakers, performing artistes, publishers and social activists, both well-known and up and coming, carefully over time. With each one of them, I have felt as delighted as a child who has won for herself a delicious cotton candy! These interviews have been tremendous learning experiences, throwing the doors open to the many, many things that go on in this world and that keep the world going. These interactions are my pride and I will cherish them as some of the best things that have happened to me in my journey as a writer.
Kamakshi Khurana and Vishala Khurana, sisters, are also the young founders of ‘The Sound Space’, an entrepreneurial venture that uses the power of sound in different forms to offer therapeutic treatment to people with different needs. In an interview, they share their musical journey that has striven to make a difference to many lives.
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Rakesh Raghunathan, Director of PetaWrap shares some interesting thoughts on his journey with his entrepreneurial venture, including the inspiration for PetaWrap, the research that goes into it, future plans and some advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Ashwin Sanghi is the bestselling author of ‘The Rozabal Line’ and ‘Chanakya’s Chant’. He writes extensively on history, religion and politics. ‘The Rozabal Line’, his first novel, was completed in 2007. The book was self-published in the U.S. in 2007 under his pen name, “Shawn Haigins”. “Shawn Haigins” is a pseudonym and in fact, is an anagram of the author’s real name. A revised edition of this book was later published by Tata-Westland Ltd. & Tranquebar Press in 2008. Ashwin’s second novel, “Chanakya’s Chant”, a historical political thriller was released by Westland in January 2011. Ashwin Sanghi talks about his journey as a writer, his books and his views on writing.
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Sailaja, a popular Indian food blogger,speaks to me about cooking, healthy meals and recent trends in terms of food preferences.
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Indira Chandrasekhar, editor of Out of Print, talks about writing fiction, the Indian fiction scene and finally, about running Out of Print itself.
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Vijayendra Mohanty is an Indian comic book writer. He has written stories and scripts for publications such as Comic JUMP and COMIX.INDIA. He is the writer and co-creator of Ravanayan, a 10-issue comic book series based on the story of king Ravana of Lanka. He talks about Ravanayan and the experience of writing a comic series, including feedback and challenges.
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Kartik Iyengar, author of ‘Horn OK Please’ – HOPping to Conclusions’, in addition to being a successful corporate professional, dabbles in a multitude of areas. He is an avid blogger, a self-proclaimed moron, an unlucky Las Vegas loser, a compulsive road-hog, a Red Bull addict and an adrenaline junkie who has tried everything from scuba diving to bungee jumping. A cockroach-loving heavy metal maniac, Kartik has thousands of hyper-active fans on his Facebook fan page, who live his journeys vicariously with him. His fans call themselves HOPpers. In fact, many of them have actually changed their middle name to include “Hopper” as a mark of belonging to this social-media cult. Want to have a good laugh and giggle a bit? Then all you got to do is to read this interview! And when you are done, you will realize that there’s a smile or a grin on your face! There’s lot of humour, a little bit of thought and tons of attitude waiting for you out there!
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Amish Tripathi is a 36 year old, IIM (Kolkata) educated boring banker turned happy author. His debut book, ‘The Immortals of Meluha’ (Book 1 of the Shiva Trilogy) has been an outstanding success and has topped bestseller charts. Encouraged by this, Amish has given up a 14-year-old career in financial services to focus on writing. He is passionate about history, mythology and philosophy. ‘The Secret of the Nagas’, the second book of the Shiva Trilogy is set for a mid-August 2011 release. Amish is presently working on the third book of the Shiva Trilogy, ‘The Oath of the Vayuputras’. In this interview, he demystifies everything about ‘The Immortals of Meluha’ – from how the idea was born to the actual writing to how he smartly marketed his book. And there’s more too. It’s an interview you can’t afford to miss!
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Preeti Shenoy is the bestselling author of ‘Life is What you Make it’ and ’34 Bubble Gums and Candies’, both published by Srishti Publishers. Just as the tagline in her blog, ‘Just a Mother of Two’ goes, Preeti is an author, poet, artist and a mom! She gets talking about both her books, their roaring success, her blog and of course what she is most popular for among her readers, her thoughts on life!
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Anjali Joseph was born in Bombay in 1978. She studied English at Trinity College, Cambridge, and has taught English at the Sorbonne. More recently she has written for the Times of India in Bombay and been a Commissioning Editor for ELLE (India). She studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. ‘Saraswati Park’, published by Harper Collins in 2010 is her first novel. In 2011, Anjali won the Betty Trask Award and the Desmond Elliott Prize for her debut novel. Further, ‘Saraswati Park’ has been shortlisted for the Vodafone-Crossword Award for 2011 under the Fiction category. Anjali Joseph shares her thoughts on writing, her first book, the experience of writing it and of course, awards.
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