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LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) Season 4- Ep 3 (The beauty of words behind -A Labyrinth of silence)Author Bio- Aparna Salvi Nagda
Pen or pill? Prescription or description? Caught in her own web, Dr. Aparna Salvi Nagda is a Homoepathic Consultant by day earning her bread and butter through a medical practice in Mumbai. Yet, she yearns for a living with liberal writing and expressing herself through the Word. Finding solace in books both academic and fiction, Aparna is also a teacher by passion, enthralling her students with quirky biology lessons, half of which she reproduces from class to class, generation to generation. Of all her passions, being married...2024-10-2053 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S4- Ep 2( A friendly neighborhood woman novelist on the prowl)Author Bio- Sreya Sarkar
Sreya Sarkar is a public policy analyst, journalist, and author. She did her undergraduate studies in Political Science at Kolkata’s Presidency College and post-graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. After a short stint in The Times of India and as a college lecturer in Kolkata, she set off to the US for her second Master’s in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She worked in public policy research and advocacy in U.S. think tanks and non-profits such as Cascade Policy Institute and Heartland Inst...2024-06-2552 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S4- Ep 1 (Sisters in Literature)Guest Bio-
Chyrel J. Jackson and Lyris D. Wallace are Literary visionaries and two-time #1 Ranked
Best Selling Amazon Authors. Reared and raised in the South Suburbs outside
Chicago. African American Literature influenced their writing and is one of their favorite
genres. Both writers write in the spirit of their past great Literary ancestors. Chyrel and
Lyris both were Pushcart Nominees in 2021-Poem Love Unspoken, Heartbeats
Anthology and 2023, Poem- No Justice for Breonna, Published in Social Justice Inks
Anthology.
This edgy writing duo is...2024-04-271h 07
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 12 (New York Times best selling Trilogy and it's Indian roots)Guest Bio- Alka Joshi
Alka Joshi is the internationally bestselling author of the Jaipur Trilogy: The Henna Artist, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and The Perfumist of Paris. Her debut novel, The Henna Artist, immediately became a New York Times Bestseller, a Reese Witherspoon Pick and was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. It has been translated into 29 languages and is currently in development at Netflix as a tv series. Joshi was born in India and came to the U.S. with her family at the age of nine. She has a BA from Stanford...2024-03-101h 04
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 11 (A non-fiction on compulsive over-eating taking it's "course" through words)Guest Bio- Joy Mast
Joy Mast is a speaker, teacher and author who enjoys writing on faith topics. She lived in Spain and in Washington, DC before returning to her home state of North Carolina where she currently resides. After she experienced healing from compulsive overeating in her early 30’s, Joy wrote a course for women called Releasity, which helps women break free from emotional overeating. Her first book, Set Free & Satisfied, is the book form of that course and was released in the fall of 2023. To learn more about the book and course, visit her website at w...2024-01-2859 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 10 (8 years of research and comraderies in Literary Residency)Guest Bio- Radhika Iyengar
Radhika Iyengar is the author of her debut book, ‘Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras’. She’s a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York. Radhika won the Red Ink award for Excellence in Indian Journalism (2018), and has been a recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship, the Sanskriti Prabha Dutt Fellowship and Sangam House Residency.
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LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 10 (Pioneering Hi-fantasy)Guest Bio- Zaid Hasan
Zaid Hasan is an aspiring author, currently editing his debut novel. It’s an epic adventure story in the High Fantasy genre with elements of Sci-Fi mixed in.
Zaid is a proud Muslim-American, born and raised in New York, hoping to explore deep themes and offer new perspectives through his art.
2023-12-1052 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S-3 Ep-9 (Parenting with humour)Guest Bio- Lalitha Ramanathan
Lalitha is a Finance Manager turned writer. She is an avid blogger and has published her stories with many online platforms and anthologies. She is a 2022 Orange Flower Award Runner-up. Her upcoming debut book on parenting humor will be published by OM Books International.Lalitha lives with her family in Singapore. When not writing, she loves to read, play the violin, and design Rangolis, all the while gathering ideas for her next plot. She loves writing stories with a pinch of humour!
2023-10-3151 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 8 (Women's side of the Indo-pak partition)Author Bio- Natasha Sharma
Natasha Sharma is a freelance software developer who moonlights as a writer. She has been a voracious consumer of the written word since her childhood and is never without a book (or a Kindle) by her side. A true blue feminist, she is passionate about creating awareness on gender inequality and other social issues. At the same time, her work displays a characteristic streak of cleverness and wit. Her stories have been published in several online magazines like eShe, Reading Frame, Thinking Pen, eFictionProject, and Penmancy, amongst others. Her op-ed pieces and other a...2023-09-301h 08
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 7 (Journalisting her way to fiction and Limca book of records)Guest Bio- Veena Rao
V
eena Rao is an award-winning Indian-American journalist and author. Purple Lotus, her debut novel, is a 2021 American Fiction Award winner, a 2021 Georgia Author of the Year finalist, and an award-winning finalist in the multicultural and women’s fiction categories of the 2021 International Book Awards. She is the founding editor of NRI Pulse, an Atlanta-based news publication. She has been recognized by The Limca Book of Records (the Indian version of the Guinness Book of Records) as the first Indian woman to edit and publish a newspaper outside India. When she...2023-08-2047 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 6 (The politically correct, poetic memoir)Guest Bio- Kerry Kriseman
Kerry Kriseman is the author of Accidental First Lady: On the Front Lines and Behind the Scenes of Local Politics, published by St. Petersburg Press. The memoir recounts her 22 years as a political spouse to her lawyer-turned-politician husband, Rick Kriseman, St. Petersburg Mayor from 2014-2022. Historical dramas, traveling, scratch cooking, drinking wine, and daily walks are her interests. The St. Petersburg native is a graduate of University of South Florida with a B.A. in Mass Communications/Broadcasting and has worked in print media for the St. Petersburg Times (now Tam...2023-08-0150 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 5 ( Dealing with grief poetically)Guest Bio- Anne Marie Wells
Anne Marie's debut collection of poetry, Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems, was accepted for publication by Curious Corvid Publishing and is scheduled for release in April of 2023.
Her chapbook, Mother, (v), won the 2023 Cinnamon Press Pamphlet Contest and is scheduled for publication in Spring 2024.
She won the 2023 Jackson Hole Poetry Box Contest, the 2023 DC Public Library Haiku Contest, the 2023 Maryland Writer's Association Poetry Contest, and was one of 120 poets long-listed out of 15,000 entries for the international Erbacce Prize. Anne Marie...2023-07-011h 10
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 4 (Creating Reading rockstars, tween book writing)Guest Bio- Kathryn P Carter
Kathryn is an educational consultant, children’s book author, and speaker. Her goal is to elevate, energize and encourage children to become reading rockstas. She is the author of The Lizzie B. Hayes children’s book series about a precocious eight-year-old and three generations of her colorful family. Her historical fiction series is just right for children ages 8-12. Through her Ten Steps to Reading Success © parent workshop, participants learn tips and strategies to support children on the journey to success in school and in life. Kathryn is available to speak about childre...2023-05-2843 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 3 (Becoming a professional author)Guest Bio- Damyanti Biswas
Damyanti is the author of You Beneath Your Skin, an Amazon-bestselling crime novel, which has been optioned for screens by Endemol Shine. She co-edits the The Forge international literary magazine. Her next, The Blue Bar, published by Thomas & Mercer received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly.
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LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 2 (Authorpreneur & supporting other authors)Guest Bio- Winnifred Tataw
Winnifred, or as most know her by Winnie, is an artist, entrepreneur, and Amazon Bestselling author of her debut series: The Gods’ Scion. Winnie has had a lifelong love of literature and art. She wants to create a beautiful fantasy world with compelling and intriguing characters as a writer. Winnie loves to spread positivity and joy to those around her and look at the world through a glittery pink lens.website- https://winsbooks.blog/2023-03-271h 03
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 1 (editing a magazine & creative content writing)Guest Bio- Ankush Bharti
Ankush Bharti is the Chief Operations Officer of Writers' Kalam, India's latest knowledge-based education venture. Also, the Editor-in-Chief of The Holistic Pine, the independent monthly lifestyle international journal released by Writers' Kalam, Ms Bharti, keeps an open mind towards the possibilities of content creation in the new media. She is trained in content writing and content marketing. A writer with experience in the publishing industry, Ankush Bharti has coauthored several books. Previously, she worked as a content reviewer for a prominent organisation. She was also the co-founder of a content writing company.
2023-02-2449 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S3- Ep 1 (Editing a magazine, creative content writing)Guest Bio- Ankush Bharti
Ankush Bharti is the Chief Operations Officer of Writers' Kalam, India's latest knowledge-based education venture. Also, the Editor-in-Chief of The Holistic Pine, the independent monthly lifestyle international journal released by Writers' Kalam, Ms Bharti, keeps an open mind towards the possibilities of content creation in the new media. She is trained in content writing and content marketing. A writer with experience in the publishing industry, Ankush Bharti has coauthored several books. Previously, she worked as a content reviewer for a prominent organisation. She was also the co-founder of a content...2023-02-1649 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature) S2- Ep 24 (Building realistic characters)Guest Bio- Rajni Mala
Rajni Mala Khelawan is an Indo-Fijian Canadian writer and researcher. She has given numerous inspirational speeches and public readings in Canada and in the Fiji Islands. In addition to being a visiting writer at the University of South Pacific, Fiji Islands in 2011, Khelawan was profiled on hit TV and radio shows such as Bollywood Boulevard, CBC Radio, Omni News, NUTV, and Asian Magazine TV. She was the Writer-in-Residence at Fiji National University in 2014. Her short story “Bucket of Cherries” was a winning entry for New Asian Writing Journal; and "Still Standing" was published in T...2023-01-1556 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S 2- Ep 23 (Podcast as a promotion tool)guest bio-Lovelace Cook
Lovelace Cook is a storyteller, writer, and podcaster. She worked in NYC for magazine publishing and television, and she worked on feature films in LA while attending film production and screenwriting classes at UCLA and the American Film Institute. She traveled through and lived in India, SE Asia, and the UK from 2013-2016. The books, authors, and films she discovered influenced her podcast Bollywood and Books, and her misadventures on the road, traveling like a 20-year-old on a gap year, inspired her novel MEET ME IN MUMBAI the novel.2023-01-0252 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S 2- Ep 22 (Chap books to the rescue of poets)Guest Bio- Anuja Ghimire
Nepal-born Anuja Ghimire (Twitter @GhimireAnuja) writes poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. She is the author of two poetry books in Nepali: Ankur andArthaat. She recently published a poetry chapbook in English: Kathmandu (Unsolicited Press, 2020). Her poetry chapbook fable-weavers is forthcoming from ethel-zine in fall of 2022. An associate editor for Up the Staircase Quarterly, her poems and essays have been nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart prizes. She works as a senior publisher in an online testing company. She enjoys teaching poetry to children in summer camps. Her work found hom...2022-12-1852 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature) S2- Ep 21 (podcasting to delve deeper into being an author)Guest Bio- Landis Wade
Landis Wade is a recovering trial lawyer, dog and sports lover, host of Charlotte Readers Podcast, speaker, teacher, moderator, fly-fisherman and author of books and stories whose third book—The Christmas Redemption— won the Holiday category of the 12th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards. He won the 2016 North Carolina State Bar short story contest for The Deliberation and received awards for his non-fiction pieces, The Cape Fear Debacle and First Dance. His short work also has appeared in Writersdigest.com, The Charlotte Observer, News and Observer, Flying South, Fiction on the Web and in a...2022-12-0656 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S2- Ep 20 (environment friendly fiction)Guest Bio- Harini Nagendra
Harini Nagendra is a professor of ecology at Azim Premji University, and a well-known public speaker and writer on issues of nature and sustainability. She is internationally recognized for her scholarship on sustainability, with honors that include the 2009 Cozzarelli Prize from the US National Academy of Sciences, the 2013 Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar award, and the 2017 Clarivate Web of Science award for interdisciplinary research in India.
Her non-fiction books include Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present and Future, and two books co-authored with Seema Mundoli – So Many Leaves, and Ci...2022-11-2043 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S 2- Ep 19( Podcasting her way to writing)Guest Bio- Shahnaz Ahmed
Shahnaz Ahmed's a dentist by profession yet her heart has always been with books. She’s an avid reader and a bookish podcaster. She dreams of being an author and her first full manuscript is currently in the editing zone. In her free time, she loves to travel and hang out with family and friends.2022-11-0854 minLoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) s 2- Ep 18( transitioning from essays to illustrations)Guest Bio- Patrice Gopo
Patrice Gopo is an award-winning essayist. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including Catapult, Creative Nonfiction, and Charlotte Magazine. She is the author of All the Colors We Will See, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Her debut picture book, All the Places We Call Home, will release in June 2022. Patrice lives with her family in North Carolina. Please visit www.patricegopo.com to learn more.2022-10-2355 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love of Literature) s 2- Ep 17 (Reviewing vs promoting books)Guest Bio- Harsh Agarwal
Harsh Agarwal is a book reviewer, critic, content creator and a student. For years, he has served as a useful source of motivation, help or advice. He finally decided to own that role and be intentional about it. He started Keetabi Keeda with a mission to give others a taste of his thoughts and experiences, and has been at it ever since. What started as weekly posts has evolved into a rich site filled with information about various topics that are near and dear to his heart.2022-10-0944 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S2- Ep 16 (Story telling through illustrations)Guest Bio- Sharon Dev
A Fashion Designer & Stylist of 20+ years , Sharon Dev recently quit her full-time day job to focus on her love for illustration. While her illustrative style is centered around fashion, food & nature, Sharon enjoys conceptualizing, illustrating & laying out Graphic Novels & Kid’s picture books.
Having collaborated with Kids authors, Sharon co-published her first picture book ; The Adventures of Grandpa & Ray. She is presently writing & illustrating her first independent series of Kid’s Graphic Novels, while also pursuing her second collaborative picture book.
When she’s not doodling, Sharon can be found a...2022-09-2644 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S2- Ep 15 (Inspiring dreams through words)Author Bio- Sanjay chandra
Born in 1959, Sanjay started his professional journey as was expected of him–an engineer with the Indian Railways Services. But he chose to
drive the course of his life in later years, leaving a
secure job to join the private sector and eventually
pursue his entrepreneurial dreams.
Along the way, he realised that there was a storyteller within him–every communication in his life was a story in itself! As he reflected upon his journey, he started penning down anecdotes
from his life whic...2022-09-1149 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love of Literature) S2- Ep 14 (Getting richer in genres)Guest Bio- Megan Rich
Megan Rich studied creative writing at the University of Michigan and is a recent graduate of Lighthouse Writers Workshop's Book Project Program. She has received the Virginia Voss Writing Award and recently won first place in the 2019 North Carolina Confucius Institute's Chinese Essay Contest. She is the author of a memoir, Six Years of a Floating Life and is currently seeking representation for a literary novel. She's a 2022 recipient of the Arts and Science Council Charlotte's Creative Renewal Fellowship. Photo credit: "Courtesy of Nancy Pierce"2022-08-2949 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love of Literature) S 2- Episode 13 (Living a thriller through words)Author Bio- Yasmin Angoe
Yasmin Angoe is a debut author of the critically acclaimed novel Her Name Is Knight and first-generation Ghanaian American. She is a developmental editor and has worked in education for nearly twenty years. She received the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime and is also a proud member of Crime Writers of Color, and several other literary organizations.2022-08-1451 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S 2- Ep 12(Rhyming with the times)Guest- Joe Garrick
Joe Garrick is the author of "Whose Hoof Is That?", "Billy the Dentist," and "The Best Bagel Book." Joe is a North Carolina native who grew up in Hickory, NC, and attended "THE" Appalachian State University. Joe currently works as the Director of Business Development for a full-service digital marketing agency based in Charleston, SC. Joe is also an aspiring custom hat maker, occasional wedding officiant, and a new dad!
Joe has always had a love for music, especially rap and hip-hop (and he even has a little musical talent himself). Though...2022-07-3147 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S 2- Ep 11 (When nostalgia is your creative force)Guest Bio- Dr. Megha
The author, Megha is a dental surgeon by profession and loves to work around words too. She has been writing short stories and poetry in English for a while. Megha completed her education in Bangalore and presently lives in Raipur with her lovely family. She is friendly, loves talking to people, an animal lover and a traveller. ' By two coffee - and other tales brewed in Bangalore' is a collection of short stories, that she self-published. It is largely based on her life as a child in Bangalore.2022-07-1739 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S2- Ep 10 (Blog coach)Guest bio- Ruth Adeyemi is a multidimensional woman achieving great feats both in career and business.
She is a Biochemistry graduate of Jacksonville University, USA. She graduated as a part of the top 1% and the best Chemistry student who recently published her first scientific research in the Georgia Journal of science.
She is currently doing her doctorate degree in Pharmacy at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy in Jacksonville, Florida.
As the founder of SARMLife, an organization focused on helping brands grow their blog traffic and income with business blogging and digital...2022-07-0331 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S2- Episode 9 (Blogging to book writing)Guest- Debeshi Gooptu
Debeshi Gooptu is a former journalist turned author who lives and works in Gurgaon. Her novels and short stories have been published by Juggernaut Books and Rupa Publications. She writes a blog, The Gurgaon Diaries, chronicling life in the Millennium City of Gurgaon. She can be found on Twitter (@DebeshiGooptu) and her blog:
https://gurgaon-diaries.blogspot.com/2014/11/?m=12022-06-1954 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature)S2- Ep 8 (History in fiction and fictional History)Guest Bio- Meredith Ritchie
Meredith Ritchie has made a career in business communications and wrote this, her first novel, as a cure for acute empty nest syndrome. She lives in Charlotte with her husband and two cats, who encourage her curiosity of the forgotten triumphs of the spirit, especially those in our own backyard.2022-06-021h 02
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature)s2- Ep 7(Rhyming for children)Guest Bio- Vidhya Muralidhar
Vidya Murlidhar is a children’s book author, essayist and teacher who lives in Charlotte, NC. The written word has been her sacred anchor, steadying her through the journey of motherhood. It has helped her make sense of the chaos that reigns in her world, both inner and outer. Her essays on motherhood have been published in Mothers Always Write, Chicken Soup For The Soul, Grown and Flown, India Currents, Infinithoughts, Saathee, Life Positive, and Filter Free Parents. Her first children’s book is titled “The Adventures of Grandpa and Ray” and is available...2022-05-2337 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LoL(Love of Literature) S2- Ep-6(Kids books & illustration)Guest bio- Subashini prasad
An MBA from the Indian School of Business, Subhashini Prasad quit her banking job to pursue her passion for writing. Her first book, Not Really Indian, is a collection of ten short stories about women who have lived in India and abroad. It ranked among Amazon’s 50 Bestsellers in the first month of release and has over 100 reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. Outlook India and The Statesman named the collection as a must-read anthology for 2021. In 2020, she won Runner-Up, Beyond-the-Box Storyteller of the Year Award. She has also written a children’s story calle...2022-05-0852 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) Ep-5 (From screen to paper)Guest Bio- Sarah Archer
Sarah Archer is a Black List Screenwriting Mini-Lab fellow who has had material produced for Comedy Central and published short stories and poetry in numerous literary magazines. After living in Los Angeles, where she worked in literary management and development on projects including House, Concussion, Roots, and Girls Trip. Sarah Archer's debut novel, The Plus One, was published by Putnam. As a screenwriter, she has been recognized by the Black List organization and the Nicholl Fellowship, and had material produced for Comedy Central. After working in TV and film development in Los Angeles, she...2022-04-2442 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S2- Ep 4(Mythology as it is)Guest Bio- Preetha Rajah kannan
Preetha Rajah Kannan lives in Madurai, where she is a homemaker and mother of two.
She is the author of Dance of Shiva, Shiva in the City of Nectar, Son of Shiva, Hounds of Shiva, The Warrior God, and the editor for the transition of Navagraha Purana from Telugu to English.
She has also written extensively for the New Indian Express and contributed short stories for children in the Express School Magazine. Her story 'The Tale of an Ice Cream' was published by Penguin in their anthology, Blogprint. Another sh...2022-04-1036 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S-2- Ep 3 (Indian epics and it's little-big characters)Guest Bio- Parag Shah
Parag Shah is a techie turned writer. He has diverse literary interests and has begun the writing journey with his first passion: The Mahabharata. Parag has published several short stories from the epic and plans to continue spreading lesser-known stories from Indian Mythology to a wider audience.
Amazon link- https://www.amazon.in/Parag-Shah/e/B09B66RL8S?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1648365098&sr=8-12022-03-2732 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S2- Ep 2- From memories to a memoirAuthor Bio- Ranjani Rao
Ranjani Rao is a scientist by training, writer by avocation, originally from Mumbai, a former resident of USA, and now lives in Singapore with her family. She is presently working on a memoir. She is co-founder of Story Artisan Press and her books are available on Amazon. She loves connecting with readers at her website and at
Medium | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram2022-03-1356 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) S2- Ep-1 (The infamous saga of an Indian Literary Agent)Guest bio- Lalitha Ravindran
Lalitha is the founder of First Forays Literary Agency (www.firstforays.com). She feels she has a karmic relationship with books and stories since she stumbled into publishing after a long and successful corporate career. A chance meeting with an author at a LitFest led her into becoming an agent. She focuses on writers of fiction and non-fiction and also handles book adaptations to films, television and web series.2022-02-2755 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature)- Ep 27 (Being a Literary Artist)Guest Bio- Surabhi Koushik
Writer & Literary Artist.
You can find all her published works on her blog https://surabhiwritersmind.blogspot.com2022-02-1338 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature)- Ep 26 (The People reader)Guest Bio- Lata Gwalani
Lata is a narrator of human experiences and spends time pondering the how and why of relationships. She has X-ray vision into human psyche, and deduces more than what meets the eye, and is usually wrong. She is wary of people and is highly impressed with Noah for allowing only animals on his ark. She has authored two books – Incognito and Prisoners of Secrets. Her third book was released in January 2022 and has been winning readers since. She has been a corporate trainer for over two decades, specialising in Leadership through Emotional Intelligence. Sh...2022-01-3046 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LoL(Love Of Litearture)- Ep 25 (Author beyond genres)Guest Bio- Abha Iyengar
Abha is a British Council certified creative writing mentor. She is an award-winning, internationally published poet, author, editor and translator.
Abha has been a writer-in-residence at the Sangam House Residency and received the Lavanya Sankaran Writing Fellowship for 2009-2010.
Her short fiction, The Marshlands, was shortlisted in the DNA-Out of Print short story contest (2015). Abha's poems have appeared in the Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poets and her fiction in The Indo-Australian Anthology of Short Fiction. Her story, The High Stool, was nominated for the prestigious, Million Writers Award.
2022-01-1549 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature)Ep-24 (No Genre shall pass undone)Guest Bio- Tanushree Podder
A hundred travel tales, 15 novels, and a bagful of dreams – that’s Tanushree Podder. An adventurous soul, she has dabbled in multiple genres like historical, military, crime, romance and paranormal. Two of her books, Boots Belts Berets and The Girls in Green, are soon to be adapted into web series.2022-01-0247 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature) Ep- 23 (Laying out the Lay out)Guest Bio- Vidhya Velayudham
Born in coimbatore, did her schooling in Udumalpet. Completed UG in Psychology from Madras University and Masters in Applied Psychology from Bharathiyar University. She was a meditation teacher for 17 years. As of now she is a layout artist with zero degree publishing from its inception. She is a hobby artist who loves to work with pencils.2021-12-1941 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature)- Ep 22 (Love for Language)Guest Bio- Gayathri (Zero Degree Publishing)
Born and brought up in a village near Udumalpet, Tiruppur district.
Studied D pharm. Learning English made her switch over to languages and literature after marriage. Studied MA, Mphil in French in 2010.
Worked in Stella Maris college from 2011 to 2018 as Assistant professor of French. Quit the job to start Zero Degree Publishing with Mr. Ramjee Narasiman. Translated Sudha Murthy's book Here There and Everywhere into Tamil. Translated Anne Hebert's 2 stories from French to Tamil which were published in Vikatan's Thadam and Yaavarum.com.2021-12-0536 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature) Ep-21- Jack of all genresGuest Bio- San Lin Tun
San Lin Tun has published over ten English books including his recent
novel "An English Writer" and "Waves and Other Poems". His writings
appeared in several publications such as Asia Literary Review,
Borderless, Kitaab, Mekong Review, etc. He is currently a guest
fiction editor of Ambrosial Literary Garland online magazine and Open
Leaf Press Review.
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/san.lintun.12
LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/san-lin-tun-3b67a050
Instagram-@sanlin8552021-11-2133 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love of Literature- Episode 20 (Travelling with and through books)Guest bio- Shivaji Das
Shivaji Das is the author of four travel memoirs and photography books. His latest book is ‘The Other Shangri-La.’ Shivaji’s work has been featured in TIME, Economist, BBC, Asian Geographic, etc. He is the conceptualizer of Global Migrant Festival and Migrant and Refugee Poetry Contests and is the Managing Director-APAC for Frost & Sullivan, a research and consulting company.
website: http://www.shivajidas.com2021-11-0745 min
BOOKS FOR YOUTABULA RASA | AUTHOR JAYANTHI SANKAR | BOOKS-FOR-YOUTabula Rasa shatters some of the misconceptions that abound worldwide and prejudices knowingly and unknowingly about the inhabitants, their origins, and Singapore's histories. A must-read to know what this little island has been and is about. - Usha Nagasamy, Further Education College Lecturer, London The commendable research behind the novel stands out, unveiling the contributions of thousands of labourers in the building of the wonderland of Singapore. While it seamlessly weaves the bonding, cultural strengths, and taboos, it also emerges as a rare work of art in male psychology. The world of men, their loneliness, and suffocations caused by their...2021-11-0623 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL(Love Of Literature)- Ep- 19 ( Poetry, Medium and much more)Author Bio-
Gurpreet Dhariwal is the author of My Soul Rants: Poems of a Born Spectator. Her first poetry book got her appreciation and accolades by people all over the world. She has done her double masters in Information Technology and Computer Applications. She found her bliss in writing when she was 18 years old. She firmly believes in karma philosophy and humanity. Her poetry reflects the poignant situations that are neglected in large. She can be read at https://medium.com/@dhariwalgurpreet2021-10-2438 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature) Ep-18 (A publisher's perspective of the book Kaleidoscope)Guest Bio- Ramjee (Zero Degree Publishing)
Training professional with 20 years of progressive Sales & Training experience in Professional Training, NBFC,FMCG, Insurance & Banking domain. Specialties: Leadership and Management, Customer service, Sales and Human Dyanamics. Branched in to business from 2013,Produced 5 movies and distributed many In to building flats and plots And partner of zero degree publishing for the last 4 years.
Zero Degree Publishing aims to introduce to the world some of the finest specimens of modern Indian literature in English translation. To begin with, they take great pride in introducing Tamil literature in English translation because...2021-10-1133 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature) Ep-18 - A publisher's view of the book kaleidoscopeGuest Bio- Ramjee (Zero Degree Publishing)
Training professional with 20 years of progressive Sales & Training experience in Professional Training, NBFC,FMCG, Insurance & Banking domain. Specialties: Leadership and Management, Customer service, Sales and Human Dyanamics. Branched in to business from 2013,Produced 5 movies and distributed many In to building flats and plots And partner of zero degree publishing for the last 4 years
Zero Degree Publishing aims to introduce to the world some of the finest specimens of modern Indian literature in English translation. To begin with, they take great pride in introducing Tamil literature in English translation because, as Henry Gratton Doyle said,"...2021-10-1038 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature) Ep-17 (Branching out of comfort genres)Guest Bio- Sakshi Arora
Sakshi Arora is a post graduate in English Literature and holds a diploma in French Language. She is a poet and also a Verbal, Communication and Personality Development trainer.
Apart from writing for various anthologies, she has also written online journals. She is also an author of the book, Aisling.
For her, poetry is the way to find emotional catharsis. She believes that poetry sheds a light on the world and provides the best way to express yourself and understand others.
Moreover, she loves everything revolving around...2021-09-2634 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep-16 (Poetry is and of the soul)Guest Bio- Gopa Bhattacharjee
English Poet Gopa Bhattacharjee is born and brought up in Kolkata. She is an entrepreneur and has been the Director of a Private Limited Manufacturing Company for the past 26 years. But she is passionate and enthusiastic about weaving poetry relating to the realities of lives and diversities of nature.
She completed her Masters in English and has been a part time teacher trainer in CMTC for many years
Her poetry book UNTURNED VERSES was published in Kolkata International Book Fair 2020
She has been the guest poet in m...2021-09-1237 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature) Ep- 15 (The beauty of delving into new genres)Guest Bio:
Chirasree Bose is a passionate writer with a fanatic zeal to make a difference through her words. Her first book ‘Done With Her…’ released in Feb 2019 and has grabbed remarkable positions in the top books list on Amazon a number of times. Her latest bestselling book ‘Mrs. Basu’s Uncensored Familism’ is of the genre ‘drama and humor’, which has won the hearts of readers across the country through its clever jabs at societal norms. Her third book, a thriller called 'There's Blood on Your Heart' has just released and is available in all leading online stores. C...2021-08-2949 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love Of Literature) Ep- 14 (Chess, Writing, Life and a positive punch )Guest Bio- Kritika Sehgal
Kritika is an award-winning author, a digital content creator and a screenwriter. A national Chess player turned writer, Kritika started writing pre-teens. At the age of 12, she wrote poems for a Hindi monthly magazine, Vanita and has followed her passion ever since. She has penned down the television shows such as Khichdi 2, Partners and many more and is now all set to write for OTT platforms. Her published titles include 'The Best Version of Me' and 'Perspective'.
You can reach out to her on her social media profiles,
Facebook...2021-08-1545 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LoL(Love of Literature)- Ep 13 (Cruising through rejections)Guest Bio- Abdullah Khan
bdullah Khan is an Indian novelist, screenwriter, literary critic and banker. Born in a village near Motihari, Bihar, Abdullah was initially educated in madarsa (Islamic seminary) and Urdu medium school. In the mid-1990s, he discovered that George Orwell was born in Motihari. And, this Orwell’s connection with his home district drew him towards literature. Abdullah’s writings have appeared in Brooklyn Rail (New York), Wasafiri (London), The Hindu (India), The Daily Star (Bangladesh) and Friday Times (Pakistan) among others. His debut film as a screenwriter, Viraam, was released in the theatres in 2017. His f...2021-08-0144 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep-12 (Reviewing and deep reading)Guest Bio- SWAPNA PERI
A passionate book reviewer, writer, narrator, translator and copy editor, Swapna has a B. Tech in Computer Science and is a former SAP Technical Consultant. She is the writer, narrator, editor and translator for three books published with Literoma Publishing, Kolkata. She created and manages the “Book Reviews Café” official blog and Facebook page that contains all the book reviews.
Swapna is also a content writer and reviewer with Storizen Magazine,CriticSpace Journals website, The Literature Times website, The Asian Review website and the Literature Today website. She is a member of va...2021-07-1836 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep-11 (Journey of a writer to a publisher)Guest Bio:
Zafar Anjum is a Singapore-based writer, publisher and filmmaker. He is the series editor of the Best Asian series. He is the author of The Resurgence of Satyam (Penguin Random House, 2012), Startup Capitals: Discovering the Global Hotspots of Innovation (Penguin Random House, 2014), and Iqbal: The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician (Penguin Random House, 2014). His short story collections include The Singapore Decalogue (Red Wheelbarrow Press, 2012) and Kafka in Ayodhya and Other Stories (Kitaab, 2015).
website - kitaab.org & kitaabinternational.com
twitter- @zafaranjum
2021-07-0433 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep-10 (Plagiarism and how to deal with it)Guest Bio:
Amaruvi Devanathan is banker by day and blogger by night. Runs a bilingual blog on literature and social situations.
While not working for his employer, he reads and writes and the process has resulted in the following books.
பழைய கணக்கு a collection of short stories with a common thread – Justice.
Monday is not Tuesday – details the 80s 90s South Indian Childhood.
நான் இராமானுசன் – a first person narration by 10th century Hindu reformer Ramanujacharya on what he did and why he did what he did.
Singapore Diary – experiences with Singapore’s taxi drivers.
நெய்வேலிக் கதைகள் – an idyllic life of the...2021-06-2046 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep-9 (Rom-travel- a new genre)Guest Bio:
Sougand Akbarian is a young Iranian translator and author. She is a bestselling translator in Iran of Indian literature into Farsi (Persian). She has been to India many times and especially to Delhi as a traveler and interpreter, that is the reason she decided to write her travelogue in English language based on her Delhi travel as SouganDilli which also made her the bestseller author as well. Sougand is also a researcher and scholar in Translation Studies and she already presented and published her papers and articles in national and international conferences in Iran and India. She is...2021-06-0630 minLoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep- 1 (Hosts Intro)Jayanthi Sankar
Jayanthi Sankar has been in several international literary festivals, including the APWT 2018 at Gold coast. She loves reading fiction as much as experimenting with writing fiction. Her previous novel, Misplaced Heads, was the Eyelands Book Awards 2020 final list in Greece. It made its mark – as an outstanding postmodern historical fiction of the decade. Her highly acclaimed work 'Dangling Gandhi' was the winner in fiction: short story in 2020 International Book Award American book fest. The Literary Titan award was another international award it also bagged apart from shortlists and nominations. She lives in Singapore.
Sredhanea...2021-05-2429 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep- 8 (Quantifying your dreams)Guest- Srikanth Ram
Srikanth is a Multi-Faceted, Dynamic Leader with 20+ Years of successful track record in managing P&L of Lifestyle Retail, Apparel exports, and Footwear businesses. He drives his teams with passion and an immense amount of goal orientation. He believes in achieving long-term business goals and developing people.
He is an experienced strategist with a proven track record of generating and building high revenue and profitability growth opportunities; demonstrates exceptional business vision and team leadership.
He is the author of the #1 Bestseller "Leadership Lessons from 22 Yards" An interesting comparison of cricket...2021-05-2434 min
LoL (Love of Literature)Lol (Love of Literature) Ep-7 (Don't ever give up)Guest Bio:Sana Rose:Sana Rose is the author of two novels and a published poet. She writes on diverse topics like mental health, creativity, productivity, relationships and parenting. She is also a Homoeopathic physician, Mental Health Counsellor and a freelance content writer. webite: www.sanarose.com.instagram- https://www.instagram.com/sanahrose/2021-05-0956 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep-6 (Trends of psychological non-fiction in India)Guest Bio:An award-winning author and actor, Devika pursues her passion for creative arts. Through her various pursuits, she proposes to spread the message 'Arts Is A Good Choice', She has won several accolades for her non-fiction book 'The Mind Game'. Additionally, she has won the National Award for her short film 'Waterman' directed by Anshul Sinha. She has featured as a Speaker in several literary events in India and has spoken about the importance of truth telling at TED Circles. Website: www.authordevika.com Instagram: @authordevika 2021-04-2537 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep-5 (Writing as a tool for Activism)Guest: Kapil RajKapil Raj is an author, professional, and writer-activist based in New Delhi, India. His writing reflects the understanding of social functioning and human psychology.With his debut novel ENDURER A Rape Story, Kapil Raj runs an awareness campaign #SheisnotaVictim #SheisanEndurer and has traveled across states and cities, delivering speeches and sessions with an objective instead of blaming laws and police, the change initiate on a micro level within the society. According to Kapil, “Our behavior towards victims is still based out of deep-rooted social coding. Even the sufferer for...2021-04-1141 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep-4 (Promoting books through Reviews)About the Guest:Mr.Sarath Babu aka Aryan SarathIs a social media marketer by profession. He is a renowned book/food reviewer and handles the social media of a top Indian playback singer. He is an MBA & MCA graduate. He has held the position of President in the Lions Clubs and is a Melwin Jones Fellow.Reporter - Manidha Urimai Kavalan and has worked at THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESSHe reviews fiction and non-fiction books and maintains a huge following of more than 20k on instagram. He helps...2021-03-2845 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep-3 (A short-story Trilogy)Guest Speaker- Anu LalAmazon bestselling author, Anu Lal is the first Indian author in English to write a trilogy in short story collections. 'Hope, Vengeance and History' trilogy is an interconnected neuron of short stories. The first book in this trilogy is "Wall of Colours and Other Stories".A writer and translator, his blog, 'The Indian Commentator' is one of India's leading blogs. He works as a Lecturer in English, and taught at many colleges in Kannur area, Kerala. In his own words teaching is his day job, and writing his dream job. He...2021-03-1449 min
LoL (Love of Literature)LOL (Love of Literature) Ep-2 (Non-fiction and Self-publishing)Intro about the Guest:Ranjani Rao is a scientist by training, writer by avocation, originally from Mumbai, a former resident of USA, and now lives in Singapore with her family. She is presently working on a memoir. She is co-founder of Story Artisan Press and her books are available on Amazon.Her books:Negative Space and Other StoriesNo Longer NRIAbroad at HomeDesi Modern LoveTrain FriendsWebsite: https://www.ranjanirao.com/press/Amazon link: https://www.amazon.in/Ranjani-Rao/e/B07P43FWW6?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1614500898&sr...2021-02-2846 min