At the Kumaon Literary Festival

Moderated an interesting session at the Kumaon Literary Festival on Sun, 25 Oct at Te Aroha with big names like Surender Mohan Pathak, Manjiri Prabhu & Piyush Jha in the panel. 

Met few pirates. Had lots of wine & gourmet food. Thank you, ‪#‎KumaonLitFest‬ for creating a truly experiential literature festival of its kind and treating the writers with so much respect. Specially loved the way the volunteers worked with smile on their faces. Sharing a few pictures here. 

4 Creative Writing Workshops in 7 days

I was fortunate to have been invited by the Madras Christian College in Chennai where I conducted workshops for literature students and the Visual Communication students on 12 Oct 14. On my return to Delhi, I conducted two more workshops.

My Creative Writing Workshops have benefited hundreds of aspiring writers in the last two years. Ever since quitting my job on 1 Jan 2014, I have conducted more than 30 such workshops.

Madras Christian College (Visual Arts department) 

Madras Christian College (Literature department) 

 Delhi Commerce & Arts College

At Le Meridien hotel, New Delhi

  

Book Launch # 5 by DIG (Retd) T.S. Balasubramanian & Usha Narayanan in Chennai

Chennai is a special place for me as I was born here. It was called Madras then. But names don't matter and therefore every time I arrive in Chennai, I feel at home. I love the food, can count from 1 - 20 in Tamil and love the smell of jasmine in the air. 

To my pleasant surprise, Chennai didn't disappoint. The book launch was attended by over 80 people. I was also overwhelmed by the hospitality and efficiency of the Odyssey bookstore at Adyar. 

   

Book Launch # 4 by Aroon Raman & Major Vandana Sharma in Bangalore

Notwithstanding the rains and huge traffic jams caused by it on all the arterial roads in Bangalore, I was happy to see a nearly full house. Bangalore locals, Aroon Raman, a bestselling thriller writer, and Major Vandana Sharma, the HR head of HolidayIQ, launched the novel.

After the book launch, I conducted a Creative Writing Workshop for aspiring writers.

Frederick Forsyth and Kulpreet Yadav on the same page.

When I saw my interview appear on the same page as Frederick Forsyth's, it was like a childhood dream come true. This has been one of the best moments in my writing career so far. Thank you, DNA.  

Here's the online LINK.