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Enchantico : August Boxes
Here is a sneak peak into the Enchantico Boxes that were sent out to subscribers in August. Enchantico : The best gift for your child. You can order your own enchantico box here : www.enchantico.in Enchantico box for age group : 5-6 Years Contents of the Enchantico August Box for Children aged 5-6 The blue…
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For parents of children who read and also for those who don’t!
If there is one thing I am sincerely thankful to God for, it is the fact that my daughter Anusha is a voracious reader. I meet a lot of people who bemoan the fact that their children don’t read and they don’t know what to do to encourage the habit of reading in a child.…
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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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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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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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