In an interview to Vani Viswanathan, Bhumika Anand, Founder and Director of Bangalore Writers Workshop, talks about what it means to work with writers on honing their writing skills, and what impact this has had on her own writing.
Oscillating between paranoia and the fear of being branded a social outcast, Sandhya Ramachandran explores the current trends of the social game in verse, wondering if the written word as we know it has any place in the world today.
Yayaati reads to quench his curiosity. Lately, though, he has been reading less fiction than before. He shares what he enjoyed reading in 2017.
Why do I write? For expression, and in the hope my work will leave behind my legacy, shares Malcolm Carvalho through this poem.
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.
A young girl discovers another side to her mother one lonely afternoon, thanks to some old books. Vani Viswanathan tells Divya’s story.
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.