pune authors

To break it down, the world mostly consists of two types of people- the readers, and the writers. Both of them are intertwined with each other, both exist for and because of each other. A book becomes a dialogue between these two; often, a…
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A quick chat, a special discount code and some laughs over bad grammar.
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Master of the written trade, Manjiri Prabhu, is back with yet another mystery thriller, which I simply can't wait to get my hands on! Here's a quick chat I had with her, just in time for her latest work's, The Trail of Four, Pune launch on…
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Today’s children are far smarter than we used to be back in the day. While I used to chew on chalk, my 12-years-younger-than-me brother knew how to YouTube Tom & Jerry videos for himself at the same age. As technologically advanced they…
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With the Pune International Literary Festival (PILF) just around the corner, we had a chat with its founder and one of our favourite authors, Manjiri Prabhu. She talks about her passion for PILF, what Punekars can look forward to this…
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I recall someone once asking her why she chose to forgo of this garment of modesty. Blinking into the sun that shone into her eyes she had replied, "We tribal women have forsaken the blouse for Sita's sake. When Sita was condemned to live…
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I screeched my bike to a halt with all the force I could. A young man, barely 18, whizzed across my face on his KTM Duke - that motorbike that looks like a jellyfish wearing a cape. This, while he was supposed to be across the road waiting…
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I first visited Pune in 1989, hunting for a place in the BCS program of Fergusson College. I walked from Lakshmi Road (where I was staying) to FC, and beyond and back every day. In those days, I can honestly say the University of Pune was…
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Maama, Polizia, Italian ponies, the walking Scotsman, the higher German and the Spanish wave. Let’s take a trip around the world. Well, my feisty editor restricts my blabbering to five hundred words so let’s take a trip around our city…
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So picking up from where we stopped last week -- Balgandharva and its vicinity. Back then, you could catch a magnificent sunset over the Mutha, which flows behind Balgandharva. This lissome snake hurries along to meet her (someone in their…
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