One of my recent projects is all set to be published in less than a month! It is called 'The Selkie Girl' and is one of a set of three Scottish fairytale books.Until I was offered this fascinating project to work on, I had never heard of Selkies. Selkies are beautiful, mythical creatures from Scottish folklore; seals who shed their skins to turn...
On this very day in 1947, India became a free country. We wrote our own constitution and decided that we were able and willing to govern ourselves. We chose to be free. And yet, as I look around today, a question, unbidden, surfaces in my mind; are we? Almost all of us are enslaved, if not in action, in thought. We are controlled by...
It has been a month since I left the city I have been in love with for a few years now. But memories of it have not left me... These memories tug at me, and dance around, laughing and singing, like the children I have met there. They walk with me, talking in quiet, inspiring voices, like the gentle people I have known there....