Suresh Subrahmanyan takes a quirky look at the redoubtable Shashi Tharoor’s verbose conversational methods.
Yayaati reads to quench his curiosity. Lately, though, he has been reading less fiction than before. He shares what he enjoyed reading in 2017.
Chandramohan Nair reflects upon his creative writing experience and the circumstances and factors behind his infrequent episodes of writing, spanning four decades.
Shrinivas enjoys reading almost everything, but of late, he has tried reading more non-fiction focusing on the underprivileged, on history or caste in society. His comfort zone though, is books on business, technology and sport. He shares his memorable reads from 2017.
Ashlesha loves reading fiction that has elegant prose. She particularly enjoys books that have been able to depict complex medical or psychological themes in a language that can be understood by everyone and keeps the reader engaged. She tells Spark about her journey with books in 2017.
Suresh Subrahmanyan looks longingly at the addictive power of words and how the arduous craft of writing ‘the perfect sentence’ becomes a magnificent obsession.
Hamsini has been in love with books ever since she can remember. She loves books about books, such as ’84, Charing Cross Road’, ‘The Guernsey Literaryand Potato Peel Society’, ‘The Reading Promise’, ‘The Book Thief’ and ‘My Life with Bob’. She tells us what she enjoyed reading in 2017.
Parth Pandya explores how the world of blogging has evolved through his own journey as a blogger and how the changing trends in Internet usage have put an end to the world of the amateur blogger.
Vijayendra is a digital life form. His reading interests range from publishing to evolution and from science fiction to grammar. He writes fiction as well as non-fiction, the latter focusing on media, creativity, and culture. He tells us what his reading journey was like in 2017.