Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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. 




Sunday, October 18, 2015

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
  

Sunday, October 11, 2015

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. 




   

Monday, October 5, 2015

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.


Sunday, October 4, 2015

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