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Chatting with a writer of romance – Shilpa Suraj

tgbc: What would you cook up for a romantic dinner? Shilpa: The first time I cooked my husband a romantic dinner I gave him a mild bout of food poisoning. … Continue reading

February 11, 2015 · Leave a comment

Quotable Quotes from Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte’s only book and is considered a classic in English Literature. Central to the story is the love of Heathcliff and Cathy, and the destructive effect … Continue reading

February 11, 2015 · Leave a comment

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

Stolen Years by Pavit Kaur

Simranjit Singh Mann was with the Indian Police Service and in 1984, after Operation Bluestar, the Indian Army operation on the holy Golden Temple at Amritsar, he resigned in protest. … Continue reading

January 30, 2015 · Leave a comment