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Bollywood is plot-bankrupt, while stories rot in bookstores
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For the past few years, my daughter and I have been going for movies almost every weekend. Apart from popcorn, pepsi and pizza, it is also our own little bonding time. We would intentionally choose a theatre reasonably far from home. The drive back home, the fight over the silly millennial songs vs Hindi music,…
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Lessons from a decade in publishing
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26th June 2017, as my latest thriller novel, In The Name Of God eased into the bookstores and even as the online preorder deliveries began, the significance of the occasion was not lost on me. It was on the same day, 10 years back that I stood on the small dais at Crossword Book…
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IN THE NAME OF GOD – Chapter 1
I am delighted to share with you the first chapter of IN THE NAME OF GOD, my latest thriller that releases on June 26. In line with my earlier books, this thriller too has short, fast paced chapters. Nothing establishes this more than the first chapter of the book which is hardly a page long. The story…
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Thrillers that I liked
My daughter once accused me of reading like an assignment. This accusation, while it irritated me, also made me ponder over it. What made her feel so? The more I thought about it, the more it became clearer to me. My preferred genre of reading is crime thrillers – books by Harlan Coben, Jo Nesbo,…
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Chetan Bhagat is not an idiot
Surprise is a small word. It didn’t surprise me when I read about Anvita Bajpai’s accusation of plagiarism and court case against Chetan Bhagat. It SHOCKED me. You could read about it here: Economic Times Article. My first instinct was, why didn’t Anvita Bajpai write to the publisher and the author asking them for a…
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Don’t lead a pack of sheep. Herd cats instead
“Don’t lead a pack of sheep. Herd cats instead.” When I first read this statement it took me a while to understand its true meaning. In modern-day corporate life, leaders often have the flexibility to pick their own teams. Most of them stumble at this roadblock. Mediocre managers don’t often realise the enormous ability this…
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Why I counted my blessings and thanked God for 2016…
As I reflect on the year gone by, I wonder what makes a year a great year. What makes you feel satisfied with the year that is almost coming to an end? When I think about it, it strikes me that as parents of a girl who turned seventeen a week and half ago, our…
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Past life regression … interesting thought
I was reading a book a few days back… Many Lives Many Masters by Dr Brian Weiss. At the end of it, I turned to Dharini and asked her if she believed in the concept of past life regression, and whether she would like to do it at some time. She turned around and told…
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To get your child to think out of the box, first get him/her inside the box : the ENCHANTICO box
To get your child to think out of the box, first get him/her inside the box : the ENCHANTICO box
Ravi Subramanian 