Indeed, literature is steadfast on following the corporate footprints replicating its success mode of business conferences and events to spread awareness, enhance readership and bring the community together. I’ve observed it in a host of literary events that have taken place in different cities in India recently. Euphoria is huge in these events. Well, we…
It is a fast-paced world, I understand. But it is not foolish enough to digest a half-cooked work. The thought is striking me after a rush of ebooks on multiple online platforms that I had to go through in search of information. I was astonished by the way the ebooks were listed randomly on these…
The year end pundits are woken up suddenly once again with their comments on different things, including the top 10 books for the year ended and the year coming. My personal opinion is that readers should never fall into the traps these fake lists and should find out their own choices based on their own…
Ethnic voices need to find more stronger a place in today’s literature written in any language (mainly in English) in India. While a lot has improved in the last decade that gave India a new crop of authors especially in English, the time is around to take it to another level by merging English in…
A whole new breed of online bookstores such as Flipkart.com, Homeshop18.com, uRead.com, etc has put in a new life in the Indian book world attracting a range of writing enthusiasts to try their hand on wordsmithing and writing creatively. Once considered the tool of a few, these online stores have made it possible for small…
Literature has witnessed several genres from time to time. While poetry or verse is one of the earliest forms of literature, though disputably, the latest to come on board is flash fiction. You may have heard this genre quite recurrently in last few years. But it is just for the sake of calling it flash…
Last week I read a newspaper article which carried a list of novels that will appear in 2011 from prominent literary camps. The country has emerged as a major market for publishers as well as authors. India boasts of millions of English speaking people today–a fact which encourages publishers to invest in India and on…
Many have debated, written and argued the future of ebooks. In my opinion, ebooks are to survive and gain momentum in the future allowing book lovers to have them right at the moment of their vary launch. Surely they will not flourish on the dead body of their printed cousins, but compliment them. Earlier getting…
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