An interview with Parul A Mittal
Authors Exclusive / June 26, 2013

We are delighted to have this opportunity to interact with Parul A Mittal.

We have known her as the author of the hugely popular national bestseller Heartbreaks & Dreams! – The Girls@ IIT and also the brain behind e-venture Rivokids.

This interview intends to take you readers deep down further to explore one ‘woman all-rounder’, ranging from a caring mother to a talent nurturer to a wonderful author.

Author Sonora Jha Reviews: ‘The Art of Fielding’ by Chad Harbach
Authors Exclusive / June 21, 2013

Author: Chad Harbach
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Year: 2011
ISBN: 9780316126694
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Sonora Jha, author, ‘Foreign,’ Random House India reviews 'The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach for IndiaBookStore. The book, a New York Times 'Best Books of 2011', has had the literary world eating out of its hands, so much so that it's being touted one of the best books on baseballs yet (yes, by Americans themselves!). More on it from Sonora

Who is your “Big Daddy”?
Authors Exclusive / June 16, 2013

Right from the famous ad around the nineties "My Daddy Strongest" to till date "Kuch Meetha Ho Jaye", we have seen this father figure to stand by their kids like one good-n-strong wooden stick to make them sail though the woods and the storms.

Therefore, this time we have gone a bit out of the way to explore the love & gratitude of few of our authors towards their fathers and in doing so how do they visualize a fictitious cartoon character as their Big Daddy. Lets's hear them out and ya a very Happy Father's Day.

An interview with Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik
Authors Exclusive / June 13, 2013

Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik (born December 11, 1970) is an Indian physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist and author whose works focus largely on the areas of myth, mythology, and also management. He has written a number of books related to Hindu mythology, over 15 of them, including Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology, Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata and The Pregnant King

E.Q trumps I.Q!
Authors Exclusive / June 3, 2013

The author is a prominent educationist, management practitioner, motivational speaker and a writer with various books under his belt. He writes on topics like motivation, leadership and success.Mr. Kapoor's book “Heart over Matter – Your Mantra For Success” is based on E.Q alone and is now in 8 languages including Vietnamese by this June.

An Interview with Betsy Woodman
Authors Exclusive / June 1, 2013

The first book of the Jana Bibi series by Betsy Woodman is out. Scottish lady Janet Laird or Jana inherits her grandfather’s house in a quaint Indian hill station and moves in there with her parrot, Mr Ganguly and her housekeeper, Mary to a world of old-fashioned living, interesting people and picturesque beauty. We spoke to the author about her special relationship with India, the inspiration behind Jana Bibi, her love for Bollywood movies and a lot more…

“Why are you writing this?” by Sonora Jha
Authors Exclusive / May 22, 2013

In this blogspost shared by author Sonora Jha with IndiaBookStore, Sonora gives her readers a sneak-peak into want spurred her to write about the despair of Vidharbha and its suicides, and tell their story to the world in her much acclaimed debut novel, Foreign.
 
When I was in India to do the research on ‘Foreign’ in the villages of Yavatmal in Vidarbha, a few friends and relatives in the cities asked me why I was doing this. “Why are you writing this?”

An Interview with Sonora Jha
Authors Exclusive / May 18, 2013

Sonora Jha was born in India, where she had a successful career as a journalist in Mumbai and Bangalore before moving to Singapore and then the United States to earn a Ph.D. in Political Communication. She is now a professor of journalism and the Chair of the Department of Communication at Seattle University. Her first novel, Foreign, has sprung from her work as a journalist, an academic, and a creative writer. Sonora lives in Seattle.