Monthly Archives: October 2015

BY Vani IN Guest post

A monkey bite gets you more followers, Ameesha Patel, than girly issues [DailyO]

Last evening I was watching TV, when I saw my aunt’s face pop up on the screen. Her henna-dyed hair and sari-clad stout frame was flashing...

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BY Vani IN Guest post

This Diwali, I’ll gift dal. Thanks to Mr Jaitley [DailyO]

“For whoever started this stupid custom of exchanging gifts!” my aunt said as we did the rounds of local stores looking for Diwali gifts. “Thirty five...

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BY Vani IN Guest post

Can Salman Rushdie help: What about writers who can’t return awards? [DailyO]

If only I had an award to return! Being a fledgling writer, I felt a compelling need to join the cause for “free speech”, but I...

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BY Vani IN Guest post

How to write a rom-com in a recession [Scroll]

I didn’t start out to write a comedy, though I’ve a flair for it being Punjabi, the most rumbustious of the entire lot. My first novel,...

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