shyamala's world

Veteran children's author, Ratna Manucha, is out with a new poetry book titled It's That Time of the year. In this interview, she shares her world of writing . Q1. How did you get into the world of writing? Going down memory lane, I remember the long, lonely days after school, spent poring over Enid Blyton and later, Thomas Hardy and Louisa May Alcott. I cannot pinpoint exactly when I fell in love with the written word, but I do know this, I was well and truly hooked. People eat meals...I ate books, devoured them, in fact! Then marriage happened, and I got an opportunity to write for All India Radio in Assam and West Bengal and Nagaland. In fact, now that I look back, I realise I was always looking for an opportunity to dabble in the written word. Being married to the Olive Greens, I began contributing articles, poems, short stories and limericks to various local papers and magazines in the different places we were posted to. While in Nagpur, I began writing i

Valentine's day just passed by.  Love is still lingering in the air. Sundari Venkatraman, prolific author and queen of Indian romance novels, shares her thoughts about  writing romance novels and other stuff.                                                           1.Are you ever tempted to explore other genres?        All the time, though there will always be shades of romance in my books. I have written Indian Mythology for children, the first five avatars of the Dashavatar of Vishnu and published them on Amazon Kindle. I will be writing and publishing the other five avatars this year and maybe more books in this genre in 2021. I love Indian Mythology and I also believe there’s a huge quotient of romance and valour in our myths that call out to me.        My latest book is a Romantic Fantasy called Love in Agartha which came out in January 2020.       Plans are afoot for both Historical and Paranormal genres, both combined with Ro

Published by Mango Books, The Strange Case of Nayantara is a middle-grade book that deals with the importance of consent. This book has been written by Vaishali Shroff, author of picture books - Ari and Raindrops . The Strange Case of Nayantara is Vaishali's first middle-grade book which can be used to deal with the importance of consent, a tricky issue to discuss with kids.                                     Why did you choose to set the story in a village instead of a city? Do you think Nayantara’s parents would have dealt with the issue differently if they were based in the city? Absolutely no! What happened to Nayantara could happen to any child, girl or boy, in any part of this world. This story just happens to be set in a small town/village in Gujarat. 2.     How did you think of creating Silly Baba? It is through his intervention that the crisis is resolved. Godman’s do exist and it’s the people who allow them to exist. Traditio