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How to Write a Bestseller for Youngsters: Book Pundits Tell You [Quint]
A few days back, I met the editor-in-chief of a top newspaper who has also written 3 books for youngsters— none of them have been bestsellers,...
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Book Review: Kanwal Sibal’s Poems are Slices of Creative Genius [Quint]
Two weeks ago when my editor suggested that I review a book of poetry, my answer was a vehement “No”. “Poetry is not for me,” I...
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Beyond the Mahabharata You Know: Iyengar Imagines a Life, After [Quint]
It was my grandmother who first introduced me to the story of Ashwatthama, the son of Guru Dronacharya in Mahabharata. “He had a gift of immortality...
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Why Did Katappa Kill Baahubali? The Book Finally Spills the Beans [Quint]
“I had not even written one word of my first novel when I scribbled a note for myself with a sketch pen and stuck it on...
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Book Review of Parsi Bol 2: A Wicked Wit Sums Up the Parsis (And This Book About Them) [Quint]
A couple of days ago when I started working on my third book, I asked a friend in Mumbai to help me straighten up a Parsi...
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