Author: Ravi Subramanian
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How do we get our children to read?
Reposting a post from 2013… so relevant even today. Yesterday I was asked a very interesting question by Jaya Bhattacharji Rose, a friend. It was about my daughter Anusha. “How did you get Anusha to become such a voracious reader?” she asked me. I didn’t have an answer. Honestly if I look back at the last…
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THE BESTSELLER SHE WROTE : Read the 1st chapter of my new book here (Book releases on 19th October)
The chatter in the packed auditorium at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru, had reached its crescendo, when a member of the organising committee walked up on stage and addressed the audience. ‘He has arrived, everyone. He’s talking to the Diro right now . . . should be here in three to four minutes.’ Almost…
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A good writer is also a good storyteller
More about THE BESTSELLER SHE WROTE From DNA AfterHrs Page 4, … by Deepali Aditya, the protagonist, is a banker and bestselling author, just like you. He, too, is an alumnus of IIM Bengaluru and like you, he does not want to leave his job because he thinks writing would then become just another job…
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Why Write India is such an Amazing Campaign?
When was the last time you walked into a bookstore, saw so many Indian Authors and wished that your name adorned a few of those books? When was the last time you wanted to write? Am sure for many of you, this would be a regular occurrence. Let me tell you an interesting incident, which…
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There are many reasons why I write and ‘Money’ is not in the top 5.
This piece written by me was published first by Scroll.in on 29th August 2015. You could read the article on Scroll.in here : Click here Every time I log on to Facebook, I find a number of people either wanting to write a book, or desperately hunting for a publisher having written a book. There…
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Why commercial fiction writers should be wary of online book-buying
Every Sunday, my wife and I have a ritual where we visit a local book store in Mumbai. We browse, have coffee and chat with the staff. A few weeks ago we were at one of the Crossword stores when I became a spectator to a scene between a mother and her son. He had…
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WHY MEN HIT AND WOMEN STAY (by Meghna Pant)
This is a post not written by me … but by Meghna Pant, a friend, a writer and a Journalist. I am sharing it here with her permission. There is not a word in this post which I don’t subscribe to *** I didn’t think I could do it. I didn’t think I could write…
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She was fire
Originally posted on Anusha Subramanian – All Shades of Dramatic: She was?fire? Anger smouldering inside her like glowing embers?Stray sparks from which set her heart ablaze?And they burnt a trail navigating her soulUntil they finally escape through her fiery gaze? She was?fire? Her skin burned with simmering passionYet she suppressed it, her lips were sealed?She…
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Life Lessons: Be the average guy
A few days back I had a very interesting interaction with Rediff.com. It was a freewheeling chat on life and the lessons one can take away from ones own life – something which was of relevance to the younger generation. At the end of the discussion, Divya Nair from Rediff.com summarised it and put it…
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I Don’t Want Bookstores To Die
(a few weeks back I had done an interview with Sanjitha Rao Chaini at Business World. Sharing it here for those who missed it. Click here to read the article on the Business World Website) Brick and mortar stores are a lot more relevant from a discoverability perspective, says author Ravi Subramanian who is coming…
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