The fascinating world of food stories with Saee Koranne-Khandekar, author of 4 books on food
Purple Pencil Project’s editor Prakruti Maniar caught up with author and culinary consultant Saee Koranne – Khandekar to talk about Indian food, food stories, how writing and food influence her, and much more. Read on. Your Instagram bio says food / poetry / prose. What came first? Has your relationship with prose/poetry influenced that with […]
Obsessed with true crime? Check out these 15 books, perfect for binge-reading
Everyone loves true crime stories for a myriad of reasons – the love of puzzle solving, the insight into the human mind, the shock of the absurdity of the human mind. Be it podcasts, TV series, films, or books; true crime has emerged as a popular genre over the last few years. Think Truman Capote’s […]
A thriller book packed with royals, 1 murder and many disappearances
Mumbai based award-winning writer, ex-journalist and advertising professional Richa S Mukherjee’s latest novel The Curse of Kuldhara is a humorous thriller book that is soon to be a major web series. The story begins in the small town of Gwaltoli in Uttar Pradesh, located about five kilometres from Kanpur. Here, we meet our protagonist, Prachand […]
Put yourself into the world you create: Veer Devgan
A fourth-generation Army brat, 16-year-old Veer Devgan changed seven schools in his childhood before finally finding his roots at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, where he is a student of Class XII. His debut book, What to Do if There is a Murderer in Your Family?, is inspired by his love for soap operas and family […]
The power of a good story remains unchanged: Lavanya Karthik
As a child, Lavanya Karthik spent all her time writing stories in her school notebooks and drawing the pictures to go with them. She is now a slightly older child, still making up stories and drawing pictures. You can find her wandering about the bylanes of Mumbai, nibbling on chocolate, chatting with street dogs and […]
Technology is just one more way to connect with the kids: Likla Lall
Likla writes for children of all ages. She has published with Art1st Books- look out for ‘Art is a Verb’, a fun take on grammar through art, and ‘Somnath Hore: Wounds’. She’s currently making her way back to a dance and movement practice. She’s one of the speakers at the Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival 2022, […]
Creating classics: Kayva Gokhale, creator at Amar Chitra Katha
Kayva Gokhale the junior sub-editor at the iconinc Amar Chitra Katha, is going to be at the Bookaroo Children’s Festival 2022 to be held in Vadodara from 19th to 20th November 2022. Her sessions include one on scripting for comics and another on fantastic folktales. Excerpts from an interview with the creator. Let’s talk a […]
Introducing reading to children with Vaishali Shroff
Vaishali Shroff is an award-winning children’s author, script writer, and columnist based in Mumbai. Her popular works include The Adventures of Padma and a Blue Dinosaur, Raindrops, Ari, The Missing Bat, The Strange Case of Nayantara, The Boy in the Dark Hole, There’s a Leopard in My House, among others. She will be participating at […]
Bring your child to the world of stories at Bookaroo Delhi 2022
Dates: November 26th and 27th, 2022 Time: 11 AM to 4:30 PM National Rail Museum, Chanakyapuri Following the roaring success of the 13th edition in November last year comes Bookaroo’s 40th edition overall and the 14th in Delhi. With over 7,900 visitors thronging the splendid and picturesque National Rail Museum last time, it was heartening […]
“A story can begin anywhere, in a stray thought or something I read”
Varsha Seshan is a childrens writer, classical dancer, and teacher. She has a Master’s degree in English Literature from Jadavpur University Kolkata in 2009, winning two medals for Shakespeare studies. Varsha works with schools and publishers to conduct teacher training programmes, especially for English Language Teaching, reading and creative writing, both online and offline. Some […]
