At the Bangalore Lit Fest 2018

The Hotel Lalith Ashok was the venue for the Bangalore Literature festival 2018. The editors of the Best Asian Stories 2017 were allotted the slot (7 to 7:30 pm in the Red Couch venue) on the first day, 27th Oct 2018.
The interesting panel discussion was moderated by Monideepa Sahu. The participants were Shashi Seshpande, Poilee Sengupta, Usha KR and your truly. I was so thrilled to share stage with the eminent short story writers. Here are some photographs and the link to the YouTube video posted by the BLF team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jvn2klUQpI

(From LtoR: Jyothi Vinod, Shashi Deshpande, Monideepa Sahu, Poilee Sengupta, Usha KR)

(From LtoR: Monideepa Sahu, Jyothi Vinod, Suchi Govindarajan, Sarita Rao, Shikhandin, a reader, Sumathy Krishnan)

Signing a copy of the anthology for a reader. :)

Review of "Monotony of Hornbills" in Kaani

It's good to wake up to an insightful review of one's short story. Kaani is a new literary magazine where Abha Iyengar has posted her review.

https://kaaniliterarymagazine.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/review-the-monotony-of-hornbills-by-jyothi-vinod/

More than a little magic.

I wrote this piece for Sunday Herald's Reflections Column. You can read it here:
https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-articulations/now-fan-magic-678108.html

On that incredible night I learned to trust my instincts.

Lust for Life

I wrote a short piece for India Currents for Mother's Day. Here https://indiacurrents.com/lust-for-life/

The Other is released.

My short story titled, "The Benefits of Forced Laughter" is in this anthology, 'The Other,' which was released on 29th Jan 2018 by MoS for Sports and Youth Affairs, Information and Broadcast, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, senior financial journalist Shishir Sinha, thought leader and leading lawyer Sumant Batra at YWCA, New Delhi. Many thanks to the editors Abha Iyengar and Mona Verma.