Chitra Divakaruni

February 23, 2008 by admin  
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author and poet. Her work is widely known, as she has been published in over 50 magazines, and her writing has been included in over 30 anthologies. Her book Arranged Marriage is a collection of short stories, all about women from India caught between two worlds. In The Mistress of Spices, the character Tilo provides spices, not only for cooking, but also for the homesickness and alienation that the Indian immigrants in her shop experience. Read more

Ronen Chatterjee - - An established writer at 15

February 23, 2008 by admin  
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As a child, Ronen Chatterjee hated to read and was merely an average student. His teachers grew frustrated with his lack of direction, essentially writing the young lad off at an early age. Ronen himself admits, “I was more or less having no aim in life.”
But the otherwise unremarkable young boy began to display two exceptional talents — an impeccable memory and the ability to create narratives in his mind. Read more

Suketu Mehta — An Innovative Writer

January 13, 2008 by admin  
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Suketu Mehta’s Maximum City is quite extraordinary. He writes about Mumbai with an unsparing ferocity born of his love for the old pre-Mumbai city that has now been almost destroyed by corruption, gangsterism and neo-fascist politics. Read more

Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi

January 13, 2008 by admin  
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Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi, Pirouetting between laughter and tears, 27-year-old author of The Last Song Of Dusk was touted as the most promising literary debut in recent times. Read more

Chetan Bhagat - - 30 year old author of a best-seller book

January 13, 2008 by admin  
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30-year-old first-time author Chetan Bhagat’s bestselling novel Five Point Someone:What Not to Do at IIT, is the first book to successfully capture the unique ethos - especially the cheerful insanity - of India’s elite institutions. Read more