Category: Ballads
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Literary Agent
Originally posted on My Bookshelf: This is an interview mailed by Louis Vas, I am sharing this without his permission. I hope he will excuse me. Since there seem to be quite a few aspiring authors in Goa, below is anot so recent interview with a literary agent in Mumbai, which may behelpful in their…
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A vanquished tribe
Originally posted on My Bookshelf: Author: Anand Neelakantan Publisher: platinum Press. ISBN: 978-93-817577-05-2 First time author Anand Neelakantan, treads the murky waters of telling the tale of the Ravana, here neither Rama nor Ravana are heroes, Ravana is the protagonist. The book is a fiction based on the stock characters from Ramayana. The tale is…
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bollywood, and book
Originally posted on My Bookshelf: The greatest show on Earth, Publishers: Penguin ISBN 9780143416128 Edited by Jerry Pinto The charmed world of Indian Cinema. With an introduction by the charming Jerry Pinto, The book takes us through the world of Stars and the Star makers, movies and movie makers, the music and musicians, the film…
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Did I celebrate earth day?
There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationist themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren’t at the same time raising young people to be better stewards. – Dr. Jane Goodall Primatologist, ethologists and anthropologist April 22nd is the earth day. The day observes the need to…
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the duality of Lakshmi.
The duality of Alakshmi fascinated me. For if the Amritha or the nectar of immortality emerged when the Ocean of milk was churned so did the pollutant Halahala or the cosmic poison. The Vaishnava legends claim that Alakshmi the twin of Lakshmi is the embodiment of Halahala. She is the goddess of misfortune and strife.…
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