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May 16, 2013
How to Find a Literary Agent
For an unpublished author or 
unproduced screenwriter finding a literary agent who will represent your work and take your career to the next level is as critical as the ability to write gripping novels or attention-grabbing screenplays. But finding representation can be a frustrating quest.
Says Diana Rubino, a multi-published author who is currently on her third agent, “I found it as hard to find an agent as it is to find a publisher; you need to query many of them before finding one who’s wi...
May 11, 2013
When Creative License is Not Enough
Here is a post that I wrote for Her Film Project. It discusses how films often, in the name of commercialism, seek to portray cliched stereotypes of women. A recent example is Ekta Kapoor’s psycho-thriller flick, Ek Thi Dayan.
Can filmmakers go beyond the cliches and create content that is entertaining while not denigrating women? Join the debate and let me know your thoughts. Read the post here.
May 5, 2013
Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema
On the occasion of the ongoing centenary celebrations of Indian cinema, I requested my friend Aloke Kumar to share his views of Indian cinema. Aloke is a man of many talents and his views and observations about films have always resonated with me. Aloke is a Communication person. He has brought many a project to life, including the Calcutta-based newspaper, The Telegraph, Sananda Magazine and Swabhumi, the Heritage Park. He has held various positions starting from Media Planner to Chief Execu...
April 22, 2013
Shital Morjaria: Voicing Women’s Aspirations
Shital Morjaria, Executive Producer at TV9, is a passionate filmmaker who believes in making her kind of films. Not surprisingly, her film production company which she has co-founded with two of her friends, is called Banayenge Films. Her debut film, All I Want Is Everything (AIWIE), is about a little discussed topic — women bonding with each other. It explores a gamut of issues that are of concern to women, including friendship, discrimination, sexual rights, their need to break shackles and...
April 15, 2013
Blog Hop for Authors
My author friend Eleni Muller recruited me to be a part of this blog hop, and you can check out the answers to her questions here.
I feel so privileged to have met so many wonderful authors. Below, you’ll find the links to the authors who will be answering the same questions.
1. What is the working title/title of your book or project?
New Delhi Marriage Deal
2. Where did the idea come from for the book or project?
In 2012, I entered a short story contest organized by Harlequin Mills & Boon India...
April 13, 2013
A Happy Ending and a New Beginning!
A little more than a year after my novel-writing journey began, I am finally approaching my destination. Yes, my debut novel will be published in September this year by Harlequin Mills & Boon and the title is {drum roll, please!} NEW DELHI MARRIAGE DEAL (NDMD).
What a journey it has been. Winning a short story contest was just the beginning and I’d no clue as to what I was getting into. With every milestone — chapters submitted and multiple revisions — I made fascinating discoveries. Not just...
April 1, 2013
A Fun Challenge for Writers & Bloggers
I have been nominated by my friend Ruchita Summer Vasudeva to take the Liebster Blog Award Challenge. The aim is to help bloggers spread the word about each other’s blogs. Every nominee has to write 11 interesting/little known facts about herself, answer 11 questions set by the person who has nominated her and nominate 11 bloggers to take the challenge (and set 11 questions for them). Don’t ask why 11, and not 10 or even 6…those are the rules!
So…here’s a set of 2 x 11 factoids about me that...
March 24, 2013
Portrayal of women in Indian media
In December 2012, the rape of the young student Jyoti Pandey in a moving bus in Delhi shook the conscience of a nation. Within months, the Indian Parliament has passed a Rape Law to ensure that rapists, stalkers and those who perpetrate crimes against women are brought to book. Even as the debate rages on — as to whether this will be deterrence enough and whether the law makers and keepers will be able to offer victims and their families the speedy justice that they seek — it’s also relevant...
March 23, 2013
An Interview with Screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala
Sooni Taraporevala is one of the most accomplished screenwriters of Indian cinema. She made her debut as a screenwriter with the 1988 Mira Nair-directed Salaam Bombay! She has since written several features including Mississippi Masala (1991), Such a Long Journey (1998) and The Namesake (2006). She also wrote and directed Little Zizou (2008) and a TV movie My Own Country (1998).
A passionate photographer, Sooni’s book of photographs PARSIS: The Zoroastrians of India. A Photographic Journey has...
March 13, 2013
The Call!
If you have ever submitted a manuscript to a publishing house, you will know the significance of those two little words. The Call.
The moment for which wannabe authors spend their days and nights obsessing over their manuscripts before sending it off. You’ve had months to prepare for ‘the call’. And yet, when it happens, it strikes you dumb. No matter how the words are delivered — your manuscript has been approved for publication — the effect remains the same. If you’re not exactly dumb-struck...
