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Royalty for The Story-Catcher

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Royalty makes you feel good, even if it doesn't make you feel royal! For the financial year 2012-2013 - that counts as roughly eight months considering the date of publication - 119 copies of The Story-Catcher were sold! (I don't count the author copies, of course.) It's not much, but I'm feeling pretty grand about it being my first real percentage royalty!   … [Read more...]

Avameru

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Since I know that this author will barely publicize his book, if at all ... This is what I'm reading. There's nothing like reading something (published) that is written by a real and very dear friend. Buy it now on Amazon! … [Read more...]

Private Peaceful

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Charlie ... Charlie ... Charlie ...I want to meet you, get to know you, look up and admire you. I wanted to sob my heart out when I finished reading Private Peaceful.I wish I hadn't read it. It was so painful, so filled with a sense of injustice, so cruel.I feel privileged to have read it. It was so moving, so human, so gentle and so filled with love. My heart reached out to Tommo - who could have lived in Charlie's shadow, but never did. Instead, he basked in Charlie's glow. Tommo, little Tommo, is so human. He tells his story without reserve, without embarrassment. He gets angry with someone he worships. He adores without restraint. He knows that Charlie is everyone's hero. He is, and always will be, the other Private Peaceful. And he basks in his elder brother Charlie Peaceful's glow It will take courage to read the book again. But I know I will. A powerful book like Private … [Read more...]

Indian Coffee House

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smoke swirls coffee tastes peculiar i drink it anyway, along with something with mustard mainly for the mustard, rather than for the 'something' people stick political posters over the board that says 'SMOKING IS A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE' people ask for ash-trays and get them or they don't ask for ash-trays and they tip ash on the floor, looked on indulgently by waiters two old men watch the people around them, silent in the midst of the noise and we chatter on about our writing and our dreams … [Read more...]

Express Yourself!

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Sigh. And that's the end of another fun workshop at the British Library! We played, we laughed, we shared ideas. For once, I honestly believe the children enjoyed the workshop more than I did. One child had to explain the word 'FREEZE'. The rules were - no acting, no translating, no using the words 'ice', 'cold', 'still', 'fear' and 'move'. He stood, thinking, for a long time. Then he began, "Once upon a time, there lived an Eskimo. One day, he decided to go to Antarctica. He went all the way there and he made an igloo. But then on top of a mountain there, it was so chilly that he ..." … [Read more...]

Trams in Kolkata

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Yes, I've written about trams before, in a post with the same name as this. But how could I go to Kolkata again and not create some more tram memories? My grandmother often told me about how her father always gave her the fare for first class tram tickets to college and back. Like so many young people, she took a second class ride and used the money she saved to buy little things that young people want but cannot afford. Now, travelling by tram to work or college is absurd. It takes at least twice as long to commute by tram than by any of the other available options, so really, the tram is just something you experience, rather than something you use. My flat-mate in Kolkata and I had once spoken about how these anachronistic trams could be retained without much loss to the city. "They should make a moving cafe and sell it as an experience for tourists," my flat-mate suggested. I … [Read more...]