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Chatting with a writer of romance – Shoma Narayanan

tgbc: What’s your personal brand of romance? Shoma: Fun, flirty and feisty tgbc: The nicest gift you have received from a loved one! Shoma: The Kindle Paperwhite my husband gifted … Continue reading

February 10, 2015 · Leave a comment

Pablo Neruda’s love poems

The first I heard of Pablo Neruda was when I accompanied my husband to Chile on an assignment. One cold weekend in July we drove upto Isla Negra, the home … Continue reading

February 10, 2015 · 2 Comments

So you think writing a romance novel is easy ? by Amrita Chowdhury

Amrita Chowdhury of Harlequin Enterprises is the author of two thrillers, ‘Faking It’ and ‘Breach’. Having written two thrillers, and seen many romance novels as a publisher, the thought that … Continue reading

February 9, 2015 · 2 Comments

Warrior by Olivier Lafont

Olivier Lafont’s Warrior, is one of those novels that comes as a package, with mythology, thrill, adventure, love and heroism all thrown in together. The language used is the strength … Continue reading

February 7, 2015 · Leave a comment

Siddharth Taparia’s Five

Siddharth Taparia is the promoter of Vox Pop Clothing, a brand through which consumers can find merchandise of their favourite icons, characters and stories. In his previous avatar, this Harvard … Continue reading

February 5, 2015 · Leave a comment

Review of Indrajit Hazra’s ‘Grand Delusions – A Short Biography of Kolkata’

“The sun goes around the Earth once in a year.” So begins Indrajit Hazra’s biography on Kolkata, the city that harbored (and harbors) great delusions about itself, as the ‘cultural … Continue reading

February 4, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Path of the Swan by Charu Singh

In an age where the world stands in imbalance and nations fight against each other, Lama Ozer hears the summons for a great change! The chakras turn to bring back … Continue reading

February 2, 2015 · Leave a comment