EXCHANGING WORDS WITH AMULYA PRIYADARSHI

AUTHOR’S BIO : The author, Amulya Priyadarshi, was born on Aug 13, 1971 at Patna. He completed his schooling from the renowned Netarhat Residential School (now in Jharkhand). Having a bent towards Humanities stream since early days, he opted for Intermediate Arts (I.A) at Patna College, Patna. In fact, in the Matriculation or Secondary Board Examination conducted in 1987, he scored Science – type high marks in Humanities Stream, and Humanities – type marks in Science stream. Subsequently, ...

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EXCHANGING WORDS WITH SHANTANU BANERJEE

 AUTHOR’S BIO : Shantanu Banerjee, the author of 'My Girlfriend's Wedding' hails from Ranchi,  Jharkhand. Shantanu is a post-graduate in Geology from Ranchi University as well as a Post Graduate Diploma holder in Business Management from Institute of Science and Management, Ranchi. It was during his management study days when he wrote several short plays, which were performed on stage.He worked as a banker for five years in a private sector bank and then landed up into the insurance ...

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EXCHANGING WORDS WITH NEIL D' SILVA

AUTHOR’S BIO: With several books to his credit, Neil D’Silva is a known name in the Indian literary world. His unique stories have struck a chord with a wide range of readers, eliciting praise from various quarters. He has signed book deals with leading publishers such as Penguin Random House, Rupa Publications, and Hachette among others. He has also won screen adaptation deals on three of his books.He has been named as one of the Top 7 Indian horror writers to be read by UK’s DESIblitz ...

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EXCHANGING WORDS WITH KULPREET YADAV

AUTHOR'S BIO :  An ex-armed forces officer, KULPREET YADAV is an author of seven books, two e-books, and one collection of short stories. Shortlisted for prestigious writing awards and winner of the prize ‘Best Fiction Writer, 2018’ at the Gurgaon Literature Festival, Kulpreet lives in Delhi. 1. Who and what inspired you to write?  As a child, I used to read a lot and this habit continued as I went to college and finally joined the uniformed services. It was in ...

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EXCHANGING WORDS WITH RUPA SRIKUMAR & A.K. SRIKUMAR

AUTHOR'S BIO : Rupa Srikumar is a poet, novelist and translator. With her husband A.K.Srikumar she translated Yasmin Khalid Rafi’s ‘Mohammad Rafi: My Abba – A Memoir’ from Hindi to English (Pub. Westland). She has translated Mahatma Ramratna Thapaliyal’s Hindi treatise ‘Vishwadarshan’ into English (with A.K.Srikumar). She is currently working on another English-Hindi translation of a book on SMEs. Her radio plays have been broadcast by AIR.  ‘Mahaveer’ is Rupa’s first novel. A.K.Srikumar ...

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EXCHANGING WORDS WITH AVISHEK GUPTA

AUTHOR'S BIO : Avishek Gupta works as a Principal Technical Writer in a leading software organization. He has penned several popular books, such as 15/1 Story Avenue, Zareena: Of Love Forlorn, and Season of Love. Some of his stories have been translated into Bengali and Telugu. He actively interacts with his readers on social media. 1. Who and what inspired you to write? The seed of writing was sown in our family with my grandmother, a poet and disciple of Rabindranath Tagore. ...

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