For the next few days every now and then you’ll find Writer’s Log looking a bit odd. That’s because I’ll be experimenting with its innards, trying to make it look exactly the same as Writeside.net. Oh, all right… it’ll look very odd and ugly sometimes, but hopefully it’ll all work out in the end. 😉 […]
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The Key of Chaos: A sneak preview
Now that the sequel to A Shadow in Eternity is official, I intend to put in a page about it in the main Writeside.net site. For now, here’s a little glimpse into what’ll happen next. Book two is tentatively called A Shadow in Eternity II: The Key of Chaos, and takes off about two months […]
An unusual wedding
The biggest lie they tell you about your wedding is: “It’s your day.” That’s about as far as you can get from the truth. The last person whose day it is is yours, especially when it comes to Indian weddings. It is an occasion when your family is subjected to an intense scrutiny by relatives—especially […]
Banga Lore: Part II
The worst thing about holidays is that they come to an end. Part of me is relieved—I am sure I’m going to get a record credit card bill. At least you are assured that in 40 hours on a train there is only so much you can spend! Having spent a week in Bangalore, I […]
Banga Lore: Part I
According to a book of quotes, middle age is defined as that time of your life when you eat Death by Chocolate fearing that it might be just that! But no, I’m not bitching about my age—it’s Bangalore I’m referring to. What’s the connection, you ask? The aforementioned Death by Chocolate (DBC in local parlance). […]
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Fictional characters I’d like to meet (updated)
The hallmark of a good book, in my opinion, is when you stop worrying about the plot and are more concerned about the characters. It is no mean task creating engaging characters within the limits of fiction, but plenty of authors have managed it. Here are some fictional characters I’d like to meet (some of […]
The “concept” of men
(Posted as part of the Blank Noise Project Blogathon) Delhi’s attitude to women and the reason why it is so can be perfectly illustrated by this following incident I was witness to some time last year. Coming home one late afternoon, I boarded a bus that got pretty crowed a few stops ahead. Among the […]
Terrorist on a red carpet!
All right, rant alert! I sometimes wonder where our priorities went—with George Bush in town, normal life has been thrown out of gear and board exam students have been told to plan their schedule around his! I remember all to well having to turn up at a strange centre for your first public examination… and […]
Loony Toons: In Search of a Lost Tradition
If the Danish cartoon controversy has proved one thing is it this: our ability to laugh at ourselves is as endangered as the rainforests. Were Muslims the world over really and truly offended by something as innocuous as cartoons or—as the conspiracy theorists insist—was the whole thing just a political controversy to divert attention from […]