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Sheila Kumar's Storehouse

Humour: After the Jethro Tull concert in Bangalore

                         The visit The ageing rock star smiled. He liked what he saw of the Garden City. Balmy weather, with the plush hotel’s air conditioner taking the biting edge off the heat. Masses of exotic greenery.  Lots of exciting food offered every few minutes by his hospitable hosts. He continued to…

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Kith and Kin: Media Reviews IV

                                                              THE HINDU: METRO PLUS CHENNAI Arts/» Books Chennai, October 8, 2012 All in the family Zara Khan Sheila Kumar’s book Kith And Kin narrates the saga…

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Kith and Kin: Media Reviews III

FEMINA       Gita Mohan’s Blog Literary Notes and Beyond… MONDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2013 An Enchanting Evening With Two Women Writers On Saturday evening, my local library, Easy Library, had arranged yet another fantastic author meet with not just one, but TWO women writers whose works reach out to all of us. They were in conversation with…

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Kith and Kin: Media Reviews II

DECCAN CHRONICLE                                                                                                          …

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Kith and Kin: Media Reviews I

                                                                        GOOD READS  Feb 09, 2013 Nitya Sivasubramanian rated it 5 of 5 stars on Good Reads Much like sitting down…

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Kith and Kin: Blog Interview on Prem Rao’s Blogsite

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Kith and Kin: Readers revert

Kith and Kin, chronicles of a clan Kalyanaraman Durgadas, Bangalore I just finished reading your book. I loved it! Your language, the characters, the flow of the stories…it`s a book to be savoured. Susmita Srivastava, Jaipur Half through it, so can’t comment completely, but I am so enjoying the quiet mindscapes. The delineation of character…

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Humour: Social Media Etiquette

TO `LIKE` OR NOT TO `LIKE`   Sheila Kumar stumbles upon a Word file where the Wired and the Anguished ask,  and Emily Post, a.k.a Em Dot Post, answers.   Q Wassup, Em. I gotta know this: must I click ‘like’ on each and every post a friend puts up, regardless of the fact that…

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Humour: On writing a book

A Suitable Profession   The Book Fair put the idea into Mona’s head. India’s Suitable Boy fuelled the flames. Which is how Mona became a state-of-the-art writer. She acquired a permanent ink smudge on her retrousse nose and tucked a gold-embossed pen behind one shell-shaped ear. The day I went to see her, she was…

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Kith and Kin: In Which The Fledgling Author Made An Announcement.

                                              How The Author Announced It                                                 On A Social  Networking Site…

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