Visit my Book Shelf at www.Shelfari.com
Read "The Other Terrorism"
Read "Killing India From Within!"
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
* 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
Read my poem "Amorous Verse" at www.Creative-Poems.com
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
* 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
My Bookcase
Tram Ride During Durga Puja
Also read the story "A Blushing Virgin" at www.ourecho.com
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
* 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
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
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
* 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
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
Monday, June 2, 2008
* 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
Read the article titled THE GREAT DEBATE at Sulekha.com
Also re-read the poem Let Our Lives Resonate with Music
at Boloji.com
Friday, May 16, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
* 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
Friday, March 7, 2008
* Malaise!
Read my poem "Malaise" at MuseIndia.com (Your Space)
Also at http://amitss6.sulekha.com
Of note...
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
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/st
Monday, February 11, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Saturday, December 22, 2007
* Ho! Ho! Christmas & New Year Ahoy!
Greetings!!
Read my poem Celebrating Innocence at Your Space of Museindia.com
Read my short story The Child Who Was Born Shaking at http://amitss6.sulekha.com/
Read my short story The Child Who Was Born Shaking at http://amitss6.sulekha.com/
Friday, November 2, 2007
* Diwali Deluge!
Read my poems Primary School and The Calamity at www.Museindia.com
Read my poem The Boy Who Used To Come at www.amitss6.sulekha.com
Read my poems A Longing and Tonight at Echoes of My Soul online poetry board.
Read my poem Let Our Lives Resonate With Music at www.WritersCafe.org
Read my poem Have you seen the beauty of wild flowers? at www.Litkicks.com
Read my poem I am an Island and my short story Epistles from a Mad Man at www.Ourecho.com
Read my short story Man, Woman and Upholstery at www.Authorsden.com
Read my poem The Boy Who Used To Come at www.amitss6.sulekha.com
Read my poems A Longing and Tonight at Echoes of My Soul online poetry board.
Read my poem Let Our Lives Resonate With Music at www.WritersCafe.org
Read my poem Have you seen the beauty of wild flowers? at www.Litkicks.com
Read my poem I am an Island and my short story Epistles from a Mad Man at www.Ourecho.com
Read my short story Man, Woman and Upholstery at www.Authorsden.com
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
* A Review and Some Poems.
Desilit Magazine has published my review of Mira Nair's The Namesake ("The Namesake: The Book and the Film") in its Issue 3.
Read my poem "Swing" at AuthorsDen.com
Read my poem "No More" which appears in www.amitss6.sulekha.com
Read my poem "Swing" at AuthorsDen.com
Read my poem "No More" which appears in www.amitss6.sulekha.com
Thursday, September 13, 2007
* Poetry and History!
Read an outline of the history of Kesarwani / Kasarwani / Kasrwani at http://amitss6.sulekha.com
Also read my latest poem "Lights" at www.amitss6.sulekha.com
My poem "I Met a Cherub in My Dream" has been selected from Muse India's Your Space section and published in its Issue 15.
My poem "The Dry Gargoyle" has been published under the pseudo name Shankar Saha in the Current Poets section of the Summer 2007 issue of PoetryMagazine.com.
Read my poem "A Mossy Vision" at WritersCafe.org
Also read my latest poem "Lights" at www.amitss6.sulekha.com
My poem "I Met a Cherub in My Dream" has been selected from Muse India's Your Space section and published in its Issue 15.
My poem "The Dry Gargoyle" has been published under the pseudo name Shankar Saha in the Current Poets section of the Summer 2007 issue of PoetryMagazine.com.
Read my poem "A Mossy Vision" at WritersCafe.org
Sunday, August 19, 2007
* Story and Poem!
Reprints of my poem A Plea appears in www.museindia.com and my short story The Silk Pajama appears in www.storymania.com.
**Announcement**
MELUS-India (The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States – India Chapter) and MELOW (The Society for the Study of the Literatures of the World) will hold a combined conference on the theme "Literary Transactions in a Globalized Context: Multi-Ethnicity, Gender, and the Marketplace" at Visvabharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal. The dates are 28-30 November 2008.
www.melusmelow.org
**Announcement**
MELUS-India (The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States – India Chapter) and MELOW (The Society for the Study of the Literatures of the World) will hold a combined conference on the theme "Literary Transactions in a Globalized Context: Multi-Ethnicity, Gender, and the Marketplace" at Visvabharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal. The dates are 28-30 November 2008.
www.melusmelow.org
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
* More of the same
Read my short fiction "The Internet" at www.ourecho.com and my poem "On Seeing Myself as a Child" at www.museindia.com
Sunday, May 13, 2007
* New Story and Poem Published.
Read my short fiction "With the Rain Comes the Damp" at www.ourecho.com (also at www.storymania.com )and my poem "I Met a Cherub in My Dream" at www.museindia.com
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
* Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.
George Eliot’s novel Silas Marner has a profound influence in my life. The novel is in the First Language (First Paper) syllabus of West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. I was taught the novel in Class IX and X in St. Anthony’s High School for Madhyamik Examination 1994. It was my first acquaintance with an unabridged literary novel. Although the time it evoked (pre-industrialized rural England) and the usage of language peculiar of the age (Victorian) were initially daunting, under the able guidance of my English teacher, Mr. Steve Menezes, the novel became simple and endearing. No doubt, Silas Marner is regarded as one of the most “poetic” novels of George Eliot. The eponymous protagonist, along with Godfrey Cass, Nancy Lammeter, Squire Cass, Dunstan Cass, Dolly Winthrop, Aaron, Eppie, Mr. Macey, and a host of other characters, has reserved a special place in my memory and imagination. I must acknowledge, though, that their enduring appeal was increased immensely by listening to the audio recording of the novel in two cassettes that were available in the British Council Library.
I believe that all those individuals who fall into the group defined by the virtue of having first language English in Class X and studying Silas Marner at that early age (and probably getting more than 140 out of 200 marks in Madhyamik English exam), are equally, if not more powerfully, affected by the novel. The community formed by the said grouping shares an identity and bonding. Alas! There are so very few schools of the West Bengal Board that offer students English as first language in Madhyamik. But still over the years this small community must have a considerable membership and they might be diversely employed. And perhaps they have kept deserted the Rainbow Inn in their memory while the village of Raveloe still thrives in their imagination. Whatever may be the case, I invite all such members to share their thoughts and feelings with me (Post your comments here in my blog or email me directly at saha.amitshankar@gmail.com). Let us all succumb to nostalgia as I recall the opening lines of the novel: “In the days when the spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses and even great ladies clothed in silk and thread laces had their toy spinning wheels made of polished oak . . .”
I believe that all those individuals who fall into the group defined by the virtue of having first language English in Class X and studying Silas Marner at that early age (and probably getting more than 140 out of 200 marks in Madhyamik English exam), are equally, if not more powerfully, affected by the novel. The community formed by the said grouping shares an identity and bonding. Alas! There are so very few schools of the West Bengal Board that offer students English as first language in Madhyamik. But still over the years this small community must have a considerable membership and they might be diversely employed. And perhaps they have kept deserted the Rainbow Inn in their memory while the village of Raveloe still thrives in their imagination. Whatever may be the case, I invite all such members to share their thoughts and feelings with me (Post your comments here in my blog or email me directly at saha.amitshankar@gmail.com). Let us all succumb to nostalgia as I recall the opening lines of the novel: “In the days when the spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses and even great ladies clothed in silk and thread laces had their toy spinning wheels made of polished oak . . .”
Friday, February 23, 2007
* Best of Luck!
Wishing the Indian Cricket Team BEST OF LUCK for the World Cup 2007 in the West Indies.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
* University!
Happy Saraswati Puja and Netaji's Birthday to all.
Calcutta University is celebrating its Sesqui-centennial year. On 24th of January, the Foundation Day of the university, there will be the closing ceremony of the Post-centenary Golden Jubilee celebration of the university.
Calcutta University is celebrating its Sesqui-centennial year. On 24th of January, the Foundation Day of the university, there will be the closing ceremony of the Post-centenary Golden Jubilee celebration of the university.
Monday, December 25, 2006
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