From The Future

By Smeetha Bhoumik

Smeetha Bhoumik Guest blogger #loveofwriting She remembers it as a large airy room with ample sunlight splashing the pearl-white walls with gold, the windows covered with flower laden trellises. Looking in from the future after so many seasons of rain and shine, birth and death, it appears like a gently bobbing assemblage of artefacts, notions,…

Being a Woman or Being a Writer

By Nirmala Pillai

Being a woman, I am already representing the first half of humanity living in my own ecosystem glad to be a female celebrating the difference – with my experiences, histories, myths, needs, social constructs and patterns. Being a woman in India is an irony and a paradox as a writer. It is a raw celebration…

Centering the Brain

By Chandrika

Chandrika R Krishnan Guest Blogger  From time immemorial, left-brained people are considered logical, analytical, and methodical, while right-brained people are supposed to be creative, disorganized, and artistic. Though this theory has been refuted the stereotypes continue and people still view creative people as illogical, emotional, and women! Our education system too gives more weightage to the…

A Writer of Simple Words

By Arti Balajee

Arti Balajee Guest Blogger  A writer knows the precious value of every word used in creating worthy to read content. A simple worded story will reach through to more people than a jargon-filled novel. Yes, each one of us wants to sound smart and, that can even be achieved through high-quality content and simple language.…

Can anyone become a writer?

By Vandana Sehgal

Recently I was invited for an interview where the host asked,”Can anyone be a writer?” Was this asked ten years back, I would have said, “No, you need to have an aptitude for it.” At that time, I was living under the notion that writers are born. After publishing two books and writing blogs for…