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Writers of Blogchatter Anthology Part 1

 

In my last post, I shared about this really cool Blogchatter (a wonderful community for writers and readers) anthology that I'm part of. It's called The Blogchatter Book of Thrillers, published by Readomania. If you enjoy thrillers or mysterious stories, you will like it. You can get it HERE or HERE.

Today, I'm happy to introduce the talented writers of this anthology! Also, let me tell you a little about the stories (as they appear in the book).

Against the Windowpane by Dr. Rehana Sultan: This ...

The Blogchatter Book of Thrillers

This is my first post for Bookish League, conducted by Ritu. As the name suggests, it's all about bookish things. So, I thought to start with a cool anthology of thrillers that I am part of.

Excited and thankful to be published in this thrilling anthology published by Readomania in association with Blogchatter. You can purchase this book HERE or HERE

Or if you are a book reviewer, you can request a review copy HERE

What goes on in the minds of people on the threshold of doing something drastic? A w...

Being an Intuitive Writer/Painter

Recently, I came across a word called paracosm.

A paracosm is a detailed imaginary world created inside one's mind. This fantasy world may involve humans, animals, and things that exist in reality; or it may also contain entities that are entirely imaginary, alien, and otherworldly.

So, basically our mind is a paracosm. And it reminds me of another word called 'Jouska', which means 'a hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.'

If you are a writer or artist, then you'd f...

Rain in My Heart by Edgar Lee Masters: My Hindi Translation

 Rain in My Heart by Edgar Lee Masters.
My Hindi translation
मेरे मन में एक धीमी-धीमी सी बारिश है,कुछ यूं, जैसे कोई तक़लीफ़ में सुकून ढूंढता हो।और बाहर, छत पर, बारिश की बूंदों में सराबोर,गौरेया चहचहा रही है।
बारिश जो मेरे ज़ेहन में है; बारिश जो छत पर है;और वो याद जो धूसर, शांत आसमां तले सोई है,किसी भी यादगार दिन का ख़्वाब लेकर नहीं आयी।
मुझे राहत नहीं चाहिए, ना सुनहरे बादल, ना ही मद्धिम बयार।बस ऐसे ही दिन चाहिए, तब तक, जब तक कि मेरा मन तुम्हें खो देने के ग़म से सुलह ना कर ले।
मैं तुम्हें कभी नहीं देख पाऊं...

Books That Rekindled My Interest in Horror Stories

📸: My painting

In the dead of the night, we had finished watching 'The Evil Dead' on a VCR that we rented for a day. I was a kid but I remember that I was not really scared. I even wandered in our courtyard alone while everyone dispersed, calling it a day, finally.

Then began my reading sessions with a magazine called Manohar Kahaniyan. Dadaji discouraged me from reading that magazine but I read it anyway, particularly horror stories. But I never felt scared even though I read those stories at nig...

Louisa Clark: Me Before You (and the sequels)

Yesterday, all of a sudden, Louisa Clark (the female protagonist of Me Before You, one of my favourite books) came to my mind.

What Louisa Clark was doing in Me Before You was not her dream job, of course. Her father lost his job and the responsibility of running the household fell on her shoulder. No matter how cheerful she appeared, she, obviously, felt restricted.

So, Will Traynor gave her father a job so that Clark could feel free and relieved. In the end, he gifted all his money to her so tha...

Book Review: Kolam Kanna by Vibha Batra

Book: Kolam Kanna

Author: Vibha Batra

Illustrator: Jemma Jose

Publisher: Puffin Books

Genre: Children's Book (8+)

Pages: 124

Price: ₹ 200 (paperback on Amazon)

About the author: Vibha Batra is an award winning author, poet, advertising consultant, graphic novelist, translator, playwright, travel writer, speaker, scriptwriter and creative writing mentor. She has published 25 books so far.

About the book: This story is about Bharathi. Bharathi belongs to a modest family and spends most of his time at Prav...

Wave: Acrylic Painting (and a poem)

 

My painting

चली आई है दबे पाँव,

इन मलंग लहरों के शोर के बीच

तुम्हारी याद की गूंज...

समंदर के नीले कैनवस पर

मचलती ये लहरें नहीं

बातें हैं तुम्हारी

जो तुमने कही थी मुझसे

बिना कुछ कहे...

This post is part of Blogchatter's Half Marathon

My Translation: Sardar ―the Game Changer by Geeta Manek

 

August is celebrated as Women in Translation month. So, I'm happy to share my new translation 'Sardar : The Game Changer' by Geeta Manek. Geeta Manek is a Gujarati author and playwright. She has written for Gujarati cinema.

This book was originally written in Gujarati. It's been translated into Hindi by the author herself. And I am so thankful that I got an opportunity to translate this book into English.

As you can guess, it's the story of partition and how Vallabhbhai Patel played a pivotal ro...

When it was Raining

 

Photo: Soop Kim, Unsplash

429 words.

It's been raining relentlessly since last night. This morning has dawned gloomy yet refreshing.  I walk towards the kitchen. I know you're in the bathroom. Too excited to catch the flight for your crucial official meeting.

As I am fixing a quick breakfast, my eyes land outside the window. A white car stands, taking a shower in the rain. 

Our first car. 

'I like the red one,' I had said as we checked different cars at the showroom nine months ago, right after our ...