Flesh Songs: A Sheila Ray story

Way back in another lifetime, in a galaxy far far away, before I began writing my Ramayana retelling, and my Mahabharata retelling, and even my Devi stories, I used to write contemporary fiction. I still do. Realistic, contemporary stories about life in (mainly) Mumbai, and almost always in urban India, which is what I know best, apart from ancient India. Even crime fiction, because so much of urban living is dominated by the looming shadow of the skyscraper-like edifice of the... Read More

Talking about Thrillers: A word from Thomas Abraham, CEO, Penguin Books India

Interesting development resulting from yesterday’s post It’s a Crime. I had a call from Thomas Abraham, CEO of Penguin Books India. Incidentally, he happens to be my publisher, but we haven’t had the pleasure of actually meeting. Which is not as uncommon as you’d think, since authors very rarely meet the people who bring out their books. And the one occasion when we might have corrected that lacuna, during the launch of Prince of Ayodhya in New Delhi... Read More