Dear friends, I was fortunate enough to launch my memoir Learning to Make Tea for One on May 10 at the gorgeous Champaca store in Bangalore. It was a well-attended event with friends, family and well-wishers showing up and it was moderated very well by Shrabonti Bagchi. I had been dreading the event a little,…
The launch of my memoir Around this time, four years ago, I was just another regular writer, hounded with ideas, trying to make sense of a world that had once again gone under lockdown. And then, one by one like dominoes, all my family members got Covid, and life was never the same again. In…
Celebrating My Favourite Characters I am often asked questions like which among my books is my favourite, which is quite a difficult task, considering all the books I’ve written. But a question that I don’t mind answering is which among my characters is my most favourite. There isn’t just one, though. Off the top of…
Vote for your favorite book and share your thoughts with me! So here’s the thing. I started writing fiction in the year 1999. My first set of short stories were published in 2005. And I became a published author in 2009. That’s sixteen years ago. I hadn’t realised that it’s been this many years. And…
Friends, Sometimes, I revisit my own books and honest to god, I have no recollection of what I wrote, or how I wrote it. But this scene from This Means Love was based on something that had happened and it struck me as funny and I thought you guys should read the excerpt at least,…
Dear friends, Thank you for being a part of my journey. I know that many of you have been here from the time I started writing and publishing and I can only express my appreciation to you all for sticking around for so long. Over the years, I have constantly shared with you all, the…
Hello friends, This newsletter is a bit delayed because I’ve been trying to catch up on regular life after all the events of the previous month and this month’s. November was chockfull of travel (honestly cannot bear the idea of travelling to the airport again any time soon). Starting with Calicut, and then Delhi Bookaroo,…
Hello friends, Book release month is here and I’m afraid, there’s going to be a long wait for a new book or series after this one. I’m taking it slow because there’s literally no time. I’ve just returned from Bookaroo Delhi where I met with readers and connected with fellow writers and illustrators. What a…
Hello friends, I’m delighted to let you all know that my novel The Henna Start-up won the Neev Book Award 2024 just last month. When I heard that the book had been shortlisted for the award, all the way back in May, I was happy that the book was getting the recognition it deserved. But…
Hi friends! It’s been a while since I hit the publish button on my Amazon KDP dashboard. The last book I published on Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) was the third and final book of the Khan Sisters Trilogy and it was called This is It. It was published in April. If you think that’s…
