I wanted to write this post before the floods. But the floods gave more reasons to write about Chennai. Whenever i hear someone complain about how the government is insensitive and the elected representatives are not doing what they are supposed to do, I will be like “Give me a break”. You are behaving like …
Day before yesterday when Chennai Bloggers Club’s whatsapp group lightened up a bit after co-ordinating the flood relief and supplies, Sriram bounced this idea about the blogs we miss reading. There could be a lot of reasons for someone to pause blogging. We may never know the whole story. But we know in our heart …
I really don’t know where I should begin with this book. Make it 2 is very close to my heart. I met Sharada Subramanian in Chennai Bloggers Club. She writes beautiful articles in her blogs. But when she started a series “Return of the Madarasi” we started interacting more. Then I understood she was more …
Bangalore She was lost. Who said romance was easy? The power point presentations, client meets and impossible bosses had thrown her plans to trash. He was ready to meet her in the airport the next day. He is a practical guy who wouldn’t expect anything. God knows if he remembered their meeting anniversary itself. But …
The rains had hit Chennai badly. But one good thing about the incessant rains, water logged roads and power cuts is that it helped me take my eyes off mobile/laptop screen and spend time with family. In the myriad of topics we discussed, sexuality and how advertisements project the genders were also one. My mom …
As most of you know I am writing a novel. To hone my skills in creative writing I am part of various groups in Facebook as well as in real world. Being hand broken for a while let me spend time in various discussions in online forum. One of such trending topics is stuffing your …
Every year, at the last weekend of December I sit and write a summary of the year that passed by. It will include the best thing and the worst things that happened to me. The one thing which I could have done better. The one thing that I should do better in the coming …
After reading Nordic fiction for three or more years, I recently took a liking for the French crime thrillers. I had just finished the Camille Verhooven series by Pierre LeMaitre. I was lazing around in Star Mark in Express Avenue mall when I chanced upon After the Crash by Michael Bussi. The title seemed very familiar …
There are problems which publication industry goes through when an author dies. Particularly if his books had sold more than 80 million copies. And also when the characters had become household names. When I heard that a David Lagercrantz was writing Millenium #4, I was skeptical. I felt it would be like Forbrydelsen, the danish crime series, …
It had been ages since there was a blogger meet organized in Chennai. Echovme decided to end the drought and brought the bloggers of Chennai together in one roof. I thank them for that. The meeting was organized by Echovme and was sponsored by Urban Tree, one of the top builders in Chennai. It was …
