Our ContributorsEva BellMedical Doctor by profession, and a creative writer by passion, Eva has published several articles, short stories, novels, and children's stories, and authored fiction and nonfiction books. Eva has worked and travelled to many countries, and now resides in Bangalore. See her recent book "Halo of Deceit" on Amazon . More about Eva Bell. Prema Sastri Began writing at the age of seven, Prema is a known writer of Short Stories, Novels, Plays, and Articles, with published books to her credit. She is listed in the Sahitya Academy`s "Who`s Who of writers", and has travelled widely. She resides in Bangalore. After her administrative profession of several years, she pursues her passion of writing. Written several articles, short stories, and two serial novels. She has also authored a novel The Second Choice and a children's book "Tinky"s Best Gift", and few other children's Books. See her blog. for details. She also writes about the interesting destinations of South India here. Born in Bangalore and raised in Kolkata, Kakuli is a graduate and currently associated with a leading IT solution company. She judiciously uses her weekends to run a boutique and to write about a few unnoticed things of life worth capturing as short stories. Her collection of short stories: Nesting of Thoughts is available now online. Prior to this,she has written for Puja Journals in Kolkata and Atlanta. To Sneha, writing is like breathing. Sneha has done MA English Literature and also has worked as Correspondent and Sub Editor with Media companies, and Special Educator Associate with an NGO. She has written for magazines like Chitralipi,Silhoutte and New Quest (journal). She is interested in getting into research about Indian Literature and pursue a career in the field of education. Padmaja is a happy wife, satisfied Mom, thrilled grandmom, loves reading and writing. Many of her articles and stories have appeared in Woman's Era, Children's world, and Alive. Her novel "Que Sera Sera" is now available online. A trained Science and Maths teacher, now retired, Vimala started writing only in her late sixties. She has written many articles (Middles) for local newspaper and online magazine. She has 3 published books to her credit - Rainsong, Wind Chimes and Dew Drops and now "Colors". They can be ordered on line at printsasia.com and writerworkshopindia.com. Colors can be ordered at http://vimalaramu.wordpress.com . She also writes at writespace4iw.wordpress.com. Her books are being made into CDs by Mitrajyothi for their 'Talking books' project.Her blogs appear in print media on Sunday Herald and Reading Hour. Writing is her passion. Words are like magic. Writes articles, short stories and poems. Lives in Dubai. Naina's blog Though a Chemical Engineer by qualification, writing has always remained a passion for Gitanjali. She uses her free time to let her imagination capture the myriad aspects of daily life as well as to give voice to the different problems plaguing the society. She also writes articles for the blog 'youthkiawaaz' for which she is a correspondent. Gitajanli's blog is the blog which she is developing. Indrani Talukdar has worked with publications like The Financial Express in New Delhi and The India Empire In Melbourne, Australia. She has a degree in Communications' Studies from RMIT University in Melbourne where she lived and worked for six years. Her short stories have appeared in various publications like The Sun and the Financial Express and have also been aired over the All India Radio (General Overseas' Services). Her short story, The Riot, won first prize at the Greater Dandenong Writers' Festival in Melbourne, 2003. Indrani's novel, 'When the Lamps were Lit' may be read online. The novel has received favorable reviews in the press. Indrani currently works as an independent journalist, writer and editor from her home in Dehradun. Geetashree has done her graduation from Delhi University and is working in Petroleum & Natural Gas Sector for the past 22 years. She is fond of music reading and writing. Her stint with poetry is very recent. She mostly writes online in various literary websites and hopes to get her work published in future. She is also a regular blogger. Please visit her blogs. www.vanderloost.blogspot.com Maria Isabel writes from Philippines. She contributes Poems, articles and stories to this site. Joseph Kaval is a freelance writer since 1960. He writes both in English and Malayalam his mother-tongue. He writes essays, criticisms, book-reviews, short stories and novels. He has published so far 200 short stories and five novels in Malayalam. He has published 30 stories in English in foreign journals. He has completed two novels in English awaiting publishers. He conducts classes on creative writing for college students. He edits and publishes Katha Kshetre an international literary quarterly in English from Bangalore since 1999. To know more about Kaval Visit: www.josephkaval.webs.com . Vaman Acharya is a retired Bank Manager interested in reading, writing and sharing his views with others.Two books of short stories in Kannada have been published. At present he has taken up a novel in Kannada with a theme of how the remote most backward Indian village developed into a model village having all the basic facilities. At present he is staying in Bengaluru.(Bangalore). Tanuja Chatterjee Tanuja contributes short stories, poems and serial novel to this site. Sanghamitra Basu Patra Sanghamitra Basu Patra is a student of Clinical Psychology....Her favorite time pass is writing. She started writing recently. Avishek Gupta is involved in Technical Communication in a leading IT organisation. He is a Post Graduate in Mass Communication from Jadavpur University and a Graduate in Economics from the Calcutta University. He is into creative writing right from his childhood days. Apart from stories and poems, Avishek enjoys writing film reviews. His reviews have been published in HT City and got awarded twice. He also directed a short film on child labor during his post-graduation course. His other hobbies include photography, playing computer games, social networking, and spending time with his family. You can follow him on his blog - http://dreamsexpressionsemotions.blogspot.com Safia is a happy mom and stays with her family in Doha, Qatar after leaving Bangalore which was her home for about 7 years. She has been writing for about 9 years and an article on Ramadan was published in Bangalore based Islamic Voice paper. Safia has also attended a writing workshop conducted by College of North Atlantic Qatar. She is excited to be a part of this site and wishes to contribute more. Manasi Mishra is a B.Tech student from Ghaziabad. She recently started writing poems,and her friends encouraged her to write more. She is grateful to be a part of this site. Rashna has worked as Managing Editor of a Trade Magazine and Textile magazines, and is well versed in Editing, Layout designing, Copywriting and Visual Conceptualisation of advts. Also worked as a Lecturer in Business Communication, and as Freelance copywriter and content writer for projectsharon.org. Apart from these, she has also done short story writing and visualization for children's story book "True Friends are forever" published by Aramuc Group. Purnima Awasthi Purnima writes articles and poem for this site. Words always fascinate her, the written ones more so! She has 3 passions - Writing,reading & the love for life. With almost two decades career in the field of Education, mostly in Administration, Purnima has recently completed her PG in HR Management. Presently working with a project in Education dealing with social issues. Radha Bantwal Radha's stories for children are based on the yarns that she spins for various nieces and nephews. She believes that life's experiences have taught her more than a stint in academics ever did. Radha has an unending fascination for the world of the inner being and thrives on an unbalanced diet of books and music. Work and travels keep her busy. She is currently in Bangalore. Blogging (http://rads-corner.blogspot.com) is a recent hobby. Shruti S. Shruti, a Physiotherapist by profession, writes poems and stories when time permits. Ananya Sarkar Ananya Sarkar holds a Masters degree in English Literature from the University of Calcutta. She loves to read novels and short fiction, and indulge in creative writing. Her short stories have been published in The Times of India, Woman’s Era, New Woman, 4indianwoman, Children’s World, Muse India and Induswomanwriting. Her book review on Kavery Nambisan’s novel ‘The Story That Must Not Be Told’ (shortlisted for the 2008 Man Asian Literature Prize) won appraisal from the author herself. In 2008, Ananya won the First Prize in the Story Writing Contest organized by the American Library as part of the Fiction Festival 2008. Ramesh from Kochi, India Varsha Purohit Varsha has been writing since she was around 12years. She used to make short comic stories and draw pictures for these stories. By profession, she is a software engineer but her hobby is reading and writing. She also aspires to be a known writer or columnist for a leading newspaper someday. She has two blogs -"my diary my thoughts" and the other blog "my diary of world cities" . Divya Palaniappan from Johannesburg, South Africa Preetha from Kochi, India Devi Gopinath from Kerala, India Gurpreet Kaur from Delhi, India Khushboo Khilwaani from Gujarat,India Khushboo is a postgraduate student in English and has started writing stories and poems very recently. Bala Bala is based in Mumbai and is a freelance writer. He runs his web site on rainforests with a mission - 'Save The Rainforests'. www.rainforest-path.com Lakshmi M.Bhat from Udupi New Sahil M. Beg from Bareilly, UP New Shoeini from Mumbai Piya Jayarajan from Mumbai Sudha from TX, USA Dr Abitha Seshadri from Visakhapatnam, India Anuradha Nalapat from Bangalore Hari Nambiar from Bangalore,Karnataka,India Ramya from Chennai, TamilNadu, India Rakhi Dhawan from New Delhi, India Khurshid Khoree from Bangalore, India Suryaprabha Easwar from Dubai, UAE. Manish Agarwal from Kolkata, India. Stella Satish, Trivandrum, India : Wife of a Pastor, she shares her life changing experience through her story. Geetha Jagadish, Bangalore Rita George, Bangalore, India : After her Nursing profession of several years, she spends her twilight years with Mercy Home, founded by her, for the upliftment of orphaned children. Though she does not have any writing credentials, she reminisces her life experience, and jots them down, in her free time.
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