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Folklore and myths

Are ghosts real?

As an author interested in the paranormal and supernatural, this is the question I get asked a lot. Do I believe in ghosts? Have I…

Jun 23, 2017

Are ghosts real?

Jun 23, 2017

Shweta Taneja
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Witchery of writing

Interview: Literary agent Kanishka Gupta on publishing

I’ve always found the job of a literary agent very curious. Since as an author I know that most Indian authors don’t make much money, I do…

Jun 23, 2017

Interview: Literary agent Kanishka Gupta on publishing

Jun 23, 2017

Shweta Taneja
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Folklore and myths

How a jealous Indra drowned Mamallapuram’s temples

A long time ago, seven granite temples stood on the beach of Mamallapuram near Chennai, a port at that time. Myth has it that lord Indra…

Mar 14, 2017

How a jealous Indra drowned Mamallapuram’s temples

Mar 14, 2017

Shweta Taneja

A million photographs to inspire you

It was yet another humdrum day when someone put this across. One million photographs that the British Library has put up online on Flickr…

Oct 17, 2016

A million photographs to inspire you

Oct 17, 2016

Shweta Taneja
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Witchery of writing

Award-winning author Jim Crace on how to win a literary award

I had a chance to attend a talk of the award-winning English writerJim Crace in Chichester University when I was there for a writing…

Oct 17, 2016

Award-winning author Jim Crace on how to win a literary award

Oct 17, 2016

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Folklore and myths

In tolerant India

Yes, I’m a racist. I look at you and see The percentage of melanin In your skin The angle your eyes slant The colour of the iris The…

Feb 4, 2016

In tolerant India

Feb 4, 2016

Shweta Taneja
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Folklore and myths

Shantala, the Hoysala queen

“This is the most famous sculpture of the Chennakeshava temple,” says the guide, pointing at a voluptuous dancer, etched in the ceiling of…

Jan 31, 2016

Shantala, the Hoysala queen

Jan 31, 2016

Shweta Taneja
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Speculative Fiction India

Why speculative fiction may be the best way to depict reality

In 2001, while receiving the Carnegie Medal for his children’s bookThe Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, author Terry Pratchett…

Jan 19, 2016

Jan 19, 2016

Shweta Taneja
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Witchery of writing

Ten secrets to marketing your book — 1

After three months of extensive marketing for Cult of Chaos, I am back on the desk, somewhat wiser, somewhat still the novice and…

Jul 1, 2015

Ten secrets to marketing your book — 1

Jul 1, 2015

Shweta Taneja
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Speculative Fiction India

Five myths about an author

I’ve been writing books for six years now. When I began my journalist career more than a decade ago, I was sure I couldn’t write an…

Jun 29, 2015

Five myths about an author

Jun 29, 2015

Shweta Taneja

Shweta Taneja

fantasy author / loves sf, tech, travel, history, magic / 5 books, 200+ articles / pubbed with @HarperCollinsIN @HachetteIndia @livemint @WeDiscoverIndia

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