Rachna Singh's Blog, page 9
September 23, 2014
What I Want to See at the Bangalore Literature Festival 2014
So it’s here again – the Bangalore Literature Festival, from 26th to 28th September. I shall be there – I am writer, I live in Bangalore, and I have a khadi saree and big bindi, — I am eligible. Then, I got thinking – what kind of sessions would I like to witness. the bigwigs […]
September 7, 2014
10 Reasons Why Being a Humour Writer is So Tragic
People relate unfunny anecdotes from their lives, while doubling with laughter, insisting, ‘You must write about this. And some send you cheesy internet jokes because ‘you will definitely relate to them’. During you evening walk, people ask why you are not laughing. It is universally believed that humour writers laugh all the […]
September 4, 2014
An excerpt from ‘That Autumn in Awadh’
Sara was twenty-kilometres away. She had chosen to come to work to distract herself: her stomach was all in knots. Till now, it had been like any other project she was managing. Today, the gravity of it all was making her worried, excited, and scared, all at the same time. The decision to come to […]
September 3, 2014
Mum’s (the) Word
Sometime back, a friend added me to a group of ‘mothers’. I thought it was a good idea –learn from good mothers on how to bring up kids, share stories of love and caring and pick recipes. But, as it happened, most of the queries drove me nuts and made me want to write responses […]
August 29, 2014
Arguments in Allahabad
Who does not have disagreements? It is perfectly acceptable for one to disagree, and say, ‘Sorry, I disagree.’ or ‘I’m afraid I have a different point of view.’ or ‘Bhaak’ Let me explain – if you are from Allahabad, you express your disagreement by spitting out the word, ‘Bhaak’ – it is formed in your […]
August 28, 2014
August 17, 2014
Coorg – A Useless Travelogue
A long weekend was coming up and a novel idea struck us! Let’s us drive out of Bangalore for a mini vacation. We decided to go to Coorg which is known as the Scotland of India and is said that its scenic beauty lured the British to this place nearly 100 years ago. Set […]
August 14, 2014
From ‘No Drinks-Vinks’ to ‘What’s your poison?
These days, the lady of her house you are partying in will trot up to you in her short skirt, pat your shoulder and ask, ‘What’s your poison?’ And then go on to rattle off the various options – ‘There’s vodka, there’s gin, there’s rum – dark and white, some really nice Chardonnay we got from […]
August 13, 2014
I Belongs to Allahabad
I belong to Allahabad, or as one would say back there, ‘I belongs to Allahabad.’ This makes people assume that I speak impeccable Hindi, I have met Amitabh Bachchan, and I know where all the holy places in the country are. Some of it is almost true – yes, my Hindi is really good, and […]
August 11, 2014
A Review of Digs, Dogs and Drama and the Author too!
Viji Venkatesan’s review of my book and me too! Loved it! This is Viji : ” Rachna Singh: When I first ran into her, she struck me as this confident, serious, impeccably dressed (barring that hair of course) and a no-non-sense person- perfectly fitting the “senior executive in a top firm” bill. She barely spoke […]
