* Of Note...

Visit my Book Shelf at www.Shelfari.com

Read "The Other Terrorism"

Read "Killing India From Within!"

* Lights and Amorous Verse

Read my poem "Lights" in November 2008 issue of www.PensOnFire.com

Read my poem "Amorous Verse" at www.Creative-Poems.com

* A Bookcase and a Tram

Visit my photo blogs -

My Bookcase

Tram Ride During Durga Puja

Also read the story "A Blushing Virgin" at www.ourecho.com

* Pens on fire

Read my poem "Mind and Thought" in September 2008 issue of www.PensOnFire.com

* August!

Read the story "Murder, she thought" in Issue 10 of Clockwise Cat
Read at Sulekha.com
1) The Birth of Myths and Commonness Across Civilizations
2) Diversity in Vedic India and Internal Evidence from the Rig Veda

* Unaccustomed Earth

Read my short review of Unaccustomed Earth at Desijournal.com

My poem "The Nymph in My Garden" has been selected from Your Space of MuseIndia.com and published in its latest Issue 20, 2008.

My poem "New Year - New Beginning" has been published in the latest issue of Boloji.com

My poem "In a Happy Mood" has been published in Issue 1 of the little magazine The Calcutta Sky.

Read my short story (fictional monologue) "Fortune Revisited" at Sulekha.com

* Memoir!

Read the article titled Revisiting Deoghar After Twenty Years at Sulekha.com

Read the article titled THE GREAT DEBATE at Sulekha.com

Also re-read the poem Let Our Lives Resonate with Music
at Boloji.com

* Nymph

Read my poem "The Nymph in My Garden" at MuseIndia (Your Space)

* Away and Lost and Found.

Read my poem Away at http://amitss6.blogliterati.com/ReadPost.aspx?readpostid=3967

It is also featured as Poem of the Week at www.AparnaOnline.com

Read my short story Lost and Found at http://amitss6.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/04/lost-and-found.htm

* Malaise!

Read my poem "Malaise" at MuseIndia.com (Your Space)

Also at http://amitss6.sulekha.com

Of note...

Inviting write-ups for Teenage soul

This is Raksha Bharadia, an author based in Ahmedabad. My debut book Me-A handbook for Life (Rupa @ co) is on the shelf.
I am compiling Chicken soup for the Indian Teenage soul for Westland publishing house.
Would like to invite write-ups from you. The themes are:

1. Issues dealing with self esteem
2. Peer pressure
3. Issues dealing with drugs, money, smoking etc.
4. Relationships with parents, friends,
5. Tough stuff
6. Making a Difference

7. Going for it / Reaching for Goals

8. A Learning which has helped you in life

9. Overcoming obstacles
This title would consist of stories, poems, and cartoons of life, love, and learning every teenager can relate to and learn from without feeling criticized or judged.
In"Losing the ‘Us,'" sixteen-year-old Lia discovers the difficulties of finding one's individuality after ending a long-term relationship. Actress Jenny Garth describes her concept of home in "I am Home." in "Be Cool; Stay in School," Jason describes a program his school developed to prevent students from dropping out. Frank, a high school student, performs a selfless and random act of kindness in "Reaching Out to a Stranger."

The write-ups need to be true life stories and can be anything between 300-1200 words.

We carry a 4 line profile on the contributing authors along with contact info. Chicken soup for the Indian Teenage soul will be an international release. We take up blogged work and published work too.
The stories need not be just by mothers and teenagers. Anyone can contribute.
One can even write anonymous or in the third person.

Please write to me on bharadiaraksha@hotmail.com or rakshabharadia@gmail.com. There is still a shortage of about 10 write-ups.

Regs
Raksha Bharadia
p.s. You can Google search my name and know more about me.
P.S check this out…. Chicken Soup for the Soul, Indian ishtyle!
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070036604

* Happy Saraswati Puja!

Memory of "A Plant" at www.Ourecho.com

* AuthorsDen

Read my short story "Goats on the Firing Line" at AuthorsDen.com