Confessions of an Epic Indian

Update: After several more months of consideration, and a virtual deluge of repeated requests to publish the 7th and 8th parts, I’ve decided that I will submit them for publication–but only after I’m done with at least the first three volumes of my Mba. This is because I want my publishers to first schedule publication […]

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Willow was sick for the first time in her short life (which is all of 11 weeks so far). Just a stomach infection which passed, thankfully, in 24 hours. But it was a nerve-wracking 24 hours, especially because my daughter, Yashka, was away at horse riding camp, my son Ayush was still recovering from […]

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A question by a reader on the Readerswrite page led me to take a dekho at the Wikipedia page titled ‘Ashok Banker’. I was more than a little taken aback at what I found there.
As you probably know, Wikipedia is an open encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, add to, or revise. It’s been accused […]

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Some die-hard phans of my work will recall that back in 2005 I was approached by Vertigo Comics, a division of DC Comics USA, to write an original graphic novel series. Some of you who’ve known me personally also know that I’ve been a lifelong die-hard phan of comics.
And when I say phan, I […]

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The text quoted below consists of select excerpts from Reader R. Bharathram (alias “Hawkeye”)’s long, erudite, beautifully reasoned and analyzed series of essays on the Ramayana, posted on his blog. I’ve only quoted some paragraphs which relate to my Ramayana series, but you should check out the full four-part essay, which is truly worth a […]

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I’ve finally been able to post the full text of The Author’s Introduction to the Indian editions of my Ramayana series online.
Just click on the link above.
Those of you who have read the Indian editions of the paperback or hardcover versions of the series will find the text almost exactly the same, barring […]

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I found this fascinating web page on the website of a UK-based film production company called Film Partners.
Go to the official Film Partners website and click on the extreme top right-hand link called “Valmiki”. That page will give you the basic details of the project.
These are serious professionals with a good track record. […]

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Not only that, should it be banned without even being read by the persons threatening to file a lawsuit against me? Because that’s what a group of NRIs calling themselves the ‘Ram Setu’ group are saying.
Check out the comments by one ‘Atul Kumar Jain’ on the Readerswrite Page. Please search back through the comments […]

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And evenings. Nights. Mornings. Entire days, in fact. Eleven, and counting.
Training and caring for a 2 month old puppy takes some doing, I can tell you. Especially with my son Ayush nursing a dislocated shoulder and preparing to go in for surgery, my daughter Yashka currently sitting for her exams, my wife busy teaching at […]

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I found this really fun yet simple online word game, courtesy of another author’s blog.
It’s similar to the Reader’s Digest Test Your Vocabulary game, except that each time you get an answer correct, the organization donates 20 grains of rice to a needy person!
I managed to donate 1900 grains of rice and reached […]

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I should be used to this by now, but then again, can you ever get used to racism? I don’t think so–in fact, I don’t believe we should ever get used to racism or accept it. I disagree with people who shrug and say, ‘Oh, it’s a part of life’ and do business with racially […]

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