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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…

4 min readJun 23, 2017

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Are ghosts real?

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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…

4 min readJun 23, 2017

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Interview: Literary agent Kanishka Gupta on publishing

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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…

3 min readMar 14, 2017

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How a jealous Indra drowned Mamallapuram’s temples

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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…

2 min readOct 17, 2016

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A million photographs to inspire you

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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…

6 min readOct 17, 2016

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

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Shweta Taneja
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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…

2 min readFeb 4, 2016

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In tolerant India

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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…

3 min readJan 31, 2016

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Shantala, the Hoysala queen

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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…

6 min readJan 19, 2016

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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…

3 min readJul 1, 2015

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Ten secrets to marketing your book — 1

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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…

4 min readJun 29, 2015

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Five myths about an author

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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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