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E: Epistolary Stories (#BlogchatterA2Z)

 

When I read my first epistolary novel (Love Virtually), I had no idea about this format. And I didn't know that the entire novel was written in the form of emails. 

I read, loved and ordered the sequel (Every Seventh Wave: another epistolary novel). And I couldn't believe I enjoyed reading emails, just emails!

I love reading books that carry texts/chats. Two novels, The Flatshare and The Meeting Point, that I read and loved recently were all about exchanging texts (not epistolary). When I was rea...

D: Dialogues (#BlogchatterA2Z)

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Pleasant conversations…isn't it endearing when you interact with someone with whom you can make a smooth conversation?

Fiction is no different. I'm not a very talkative person, but my mind is constantly buzzing with made up dialogues and conversations. In real life, I'm not good at making conversation (or talking for that matter) but, despite these conversation troubles, endearing/witty dialogues is one of the main reasons why I like any book/movie. Most of my favou...

C: Colour Mixing (#BlogchatterA2Z)

Acrylics on 10×12 inch canvas board

God, I missed painting! Could not find time for some reason in the last ten days. But then I painted this. It's an intuitive painting and mostly done by a palette knife. I wasn't sure if it was complete but didn't know what to add more. 

When we are beginners, we want to purchase all the possible shades, which is not practical of course. So, slowly I began to experiment with colour mixing. In the beginning, it felt like a task, but now it's fun. Moreover, when y...

B: Beta Reading (#BlogchatterA2Z)

 

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Have faith in your writing but do not fall in love with it. Not too soon at least.

When I wrote my first novel I was pretty pleased. Writing a novel is a big deal, yes it is. I sent it to several publishers and it obviously got rejected. I was heartbroken.

Then one day I found a website where they were reviewing the first 800 words of the manuscript. I submitted, very hopeful. Publishing industry is difficult to crack, right, so maybe they rejected my work just like ...

A: Audio Books (Blogchatter A2Z)

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Never say never! 

I always thought I could never enjoy an audio book. Because as a reader, I need to 'read' the words, to see them. I want to read in silence, not listen to someone saying so many things for hours. 

But, I am listening to an audio book currently. I am listening to 'The Last Boy to Fall in Love' by Durjoy Datta. I have read his books before, so yes he writes engaging stories, but I'm listening to this story on audible mainly because of Barun Sobti who has narrated the stor...

एक शर्त बेमानी सी...

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12th Feb:

I was reading The Flatshare (Loved it!) and suddenly I felt like writing an epistolary (written in the form of letters). Or at least a story with lots of texts/chats (as I love reading such stories).

13th Feb:

I tried to write (inside my head) and realized it was difficult to write a non narrative story (without any description). 

But I was stuck to the idea so…

17th Feb:

Couldn't believe I wrote an epistolary short story. A love story conveyed through mess...

सुनहरी धूप

चित्र: मेरी पेंटिंग

'मैंने तो नहीं कहा था कि चली जाओ?'

कुछ देर वो बस अपनी कॉफ़ी के कप को देखती रही, और मैं उसे। वैसे तो सुनहरी धूप सबकुछ सुंदर बना देती है, पर इसे कुछ ज़्यादा ही।

मैं अपनी धड़कन की रफ़्तार पर हैरान था। एक साल, तीन महीने की दूरी के बावजूद? उसने धीरे से अपनी नज़रें उठायी तो अचानक कैफ़े के काउंटर का डिज़ाइन मुझे बहुत दिलचस्प लगने लगा। क्या वो मुझे देख रही है? अगर हां, तो क्या सोच रही है? क्या वही, जो बस कुछ सेकेण्ड्स पहले मैं सोच रहा था? 

'पर तुमने रोका भी तो नहीं।' 

कैफ़े का काउंटर जैसे गायब हो...

Hindi Translation of My Favourite Poems

Everything I'm doing in my life is something I never thought I would do. Writing, painting and translation.

I have translated a book 'Don't You Quit' by Nishant Jain (Translated from Hindi: Ruk Jaana Nahin), published by Westland Books.

These days I'm enjoying translating my favourite English poems. Please share your thoughts if you are reading this.

My translation
मुझे उम्मीद हैकि इक रोज़ जब मैं कहीं नहीं हूंगीकोई, कहींमेरी रूह से रूबरू होगायहीं, मेरी कहानियों के पन्नों में,और सोचेगाकि 'यही तो है वो...

Book Review: Young Blood by Chandrima Das

 

Name of the Book: Young Blood

Name of the Author: Chandrima Das

Publisher: Harper Collins India

Genre: Horror 

Pages: 307

Price: ₹236 (Paperback) on Amazon

About the book:

I read horror after a LONG time. Young Blood is a collection of 10 terrifying tales, all set in college campuses across the country. The setting is similar and yet the stories are so different from each other.

About the author:

Chandrima Das has a B. Tech in Computer Science from NIT Durgapur and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. Her digital ...

My Second Acrylic Painting of 2022

Hello everyone, 

I hope you all are well. Today I am sharing my second painting of 2022. The first one is a commissioned artwork, I may share it later. I started painting after a twenty day break and it made me feel really odd because I paint every other day. So, feeling good. 

The painting started like this: 👇

Reminded me of a bedsheet print. :)

So, my painting is kind of intuitive. 

Also, tried something very different a few weeks ago, and I was very pleased with the result. 

What do you think?

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