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March 30, 2015
Contest 14 Results: And the Winners Are…
So Contest 14 is done and dusted. This has been one of our most ‘poorly attended’ contests, with about ten entries. Sometimes the topic could be too broad to be interesting, but then maybe it was the Cricket World Cup. Regardless, the entries that did come in packed a nice punch, with a few of […]
March 15, 2015
Contest 14: Characters in Conflict
Contest OPEN for entries. Last date: Thursday, 26 March, 2015. Hi guys! Hope you’re doing well. After taking a couple of days off after the completion of the Mahabharat Giveaway, normal service resumes with our writing contests. The number, almost imperceptibly, has grown to fourteen. And the good thing is that it seems like we’re […]
March 13, 2015
The ‘Mahabharata Reader’ Giveaway: Results
Hey, guys! This will be a short blog post. Many of you will remember that a couple of weeks ago, we had a giveaway hosted on this blog for those of you who love mythology and fantasy fiction set in India. Here is the link to the original post. Whenever I try something new on […]
March 1, 2015
Giveaway: Books for the Mahabharata Reader
Guys, I have something exciting for all of you. Many readers of this blog will know that I write – both blog posts and books – on various topics, but the one subject I keep returning to is mythology. I have a deep personal love for it. I could talk about it for hours, I could […]
February 27, 2015
Contest 13 Results: And the Winner Is…
The dreaded Contest 13 is behind us. From now on, it should be plain sailing. This is the first time I tried a month-long contest on the blog, and for the longest time there weren’t any entries on it. Just as I was wondering if I should not have tried to fix an unbroken thing, […]
February 2, 2015
Contest 13: What is Your Pet Superstition?
OPEN for entries. Last date for submission: 24th February, 2015 Hello, all! Contest 13 is upon us, and in keeping with the theme of the number, this time we’ll write about superstitions. Before we get to the topic, though, I have an announcement to make about our contests. We’re soon moving from a fortnightly schedule to […]
Contest 12 Results: And the Winner is…
Thanks to everyone for entering Contest 12. That rounds off a good twelve fortnights of writing for us all. I hope you’ve enjoyed yourselves as much as I have. Going forward, there will be a few changes to the contest timetable. I will announce it here and also at the beginning of the next contest, […]
January 19, 2015
Contest 12: Remember Me
Now OPEN for entries. Final Date: Friday, 30th January, 2015 And just like that, we’re onto Contest 12. That means we’ve been going pretty much steamroller-like for 24 weeks now, which is close to six months. While there is good cause to celebrate that such a nice thing has been going for such a long time, […]
January 18, 2015
Contest 11 Results: And the winner is…
So contest 11 is behind us now. For those of you who have not been following, the topic was Narcissism and Unrequited Love. Not surprisingly, mirrors featured prominently in many of entries, and of course, there were monologues of angst too. Overall, quite enjoyable to read. We had twenty-five entries in all. Token Prizes 1. […]
January 5, 2015
Contest 11: Of Narcissism and Unrequited Love
Currently OPEN for entries. Last date: Wednesday, 14th January, 2015. For a few weeks now, I’ve been wishing to do image prompts for a contest. After Contest 10 dealt with mirrors and reflections and things like that, I thought it will be nice if we can take our writing inspiration from one of the most […]
