• Who: Conjecture Girl
  What: A Mother’s Day Reminder
  Tangy: Woah! This post is surely going to ring the bell for all mothers. It is time to smell the coffee mommy, so read this post, and make yourself feel better. Read it to know your ‘child’ better; read it to accept what you already knew.

• Who: Privy Trifles
  What: Care and Concern ~ This week
  Tangy: Care and Concern – two topics are shortly yet nicely discussed in this post. In relationships Quality matters not the Quantity. Hi-5 on that Privy! One more important learning Privy shares through this post. When one is in trouble, we should not ask them “what happened?”, rather we should ask them “can we help?” Remember this whenever you see a troubled person near you next time.

• Who: Rachna Parmar
  What: Commas go into coma, and apostrophes hang themselves!
  Tangy: There are many people who have great confusion about commas, semi-colons, hyphens and apostrophes. If one remembers rules properly, it really isn’t a big problem. It isn’t even a difficulty to remember these things. Rachna shares her disappointment over coming across mistakes and tells us how punctuation can change the meaning of a sentence.

• Who: Ryan Fernandes
  What: More than just a phone!
  Tangy: This post reminds us of the earlier days, when Internet and mobile phones were not what they are today! There are so many things one can do with a mobile phone and an Internet facility with it. Just read this post, in which Ryan tells us where it can be very helpful!

• Who: Manoj Nair
  What: The doctor is in
  Tangy: Manoj knows exactly how to tell a story. A simple story from his childhood days is made so interesting to read. Read his post to know about Dr. Patel and his 3 legged chair.

• Who: Subhorup Dasgupta
  What: Falling Down Like Hail: A Brief History of the Blues
  Tangy: Who hasn’t heard Blues?! If you have been let down or been passed up for another, lost a love or missed a bus, have done the right thing but been punished for no fault of yours, you know the blues! Here is a post to enlighten you with the roots of this music genre. Check it out!

• Who: Deboshree Bhattacharjee
  What: A Gaali in every Gully
  Tangy: How hard can it be to speak clean? This is a difficult question to answer. How many people do you know, who can sustain a day without using a cuss word? Very few. A very rare breed. Sisters and mothers have to bear the brunt in all Hindi gaalis. Idiot-box can beep it, but can the real life beep out these gaalis for others? Have a look at what Deboshree has to say on this.

Have you checked out our latest contest? Share a learning that your mom has imbibed within you, a conversation that you remember with her, and/or an incident that is etched in your mind. Six surprise prizes to be won! You can now tip your posts for Tangy Tuesday and Spicy Saturday Picks right from our homepage. Click on the tabs and submit your posts.You can also tip us on Twitter @blogadda or using our contact form. If selected, you’ll be credited for it and the readers will get a chance to read something worthy.

First, Air India, now Kingfisher pilots report sick. Unhappiness goes viral.

— Anant Rangaswami (@AnantRangaswami) May 10, 2012

I suspect most IT service companies also use Duckworth and Lewis method to determine their employees’ yearly hike.

— ABVan (@ABVan) May 10, 2012

I knew exactly how many dots were required to take this match into the last over ~ Dhoni

— Goks (@_Goks) May 10, 2012

Love is when you both use the same toothbrush.

— Marwaari (@Marwaari) May 11, 2012

Q: How do you Laugh Out Loud in Sanskrit ? A: लोलम् | #OkBye

— aayo_maayo (@aayo_maayo) May 11, 2012

Spotted Raza Murad at the airport. My hand automatically reached out for the nonexistent pallu. *shivering knees*

— Mihir Fadnavis (@mihirfadnavis) May 11, 2012

The reason I miss my college days not bcoz of my friends but bcoz my father is no more my ATM.

— _abhishk (@abhishk_) May 11, 2012

Kapil Sibal has apologized for the Ambedkar Cartoon.One cartoon apologizing over another.

— Rake$£ Jhunjhunwala (@jhunjhunwala) May 11, 2012

Being a serial killer is not as dangerous as being a cartoonist these days !!

— Bob Biswas (@BiswasBob) May 11, 2012

dear @twitter, we were jolly better off with the bots. not a single follower in last one month

— supratik (@suppie) May 11, 2012

Nitin Gadkari’s gotten a second term as BJP president. Sources say he was too fat to fit into just one term.

— Rohan Joshi (@mojorojo) May 12, 2012

RGV has not just lost it. He’s shift-alt-deleted it.

— Jay Hind! (@JayHind) May 12, 2012

@coolfunnytshirt Chidya ud…Udd…Tota ud…uddd..Maina ud…uddd..AIR INDIA ud… Uddd..Aye aye Out out out… furr

— aakash mohata (@AakashMohata) May 12, 2012

I think we have played well as a team. But we haven’t batted, bowled or fielded well together in one game. – Sanga

— cornerd (@cornerd) May 12, 2012

YESTERDAY, I WATCHED THE AVENGERS (HINDI DUBBING). “Aur Hulk…? *rawrgrowl* ” “Phod dena!” #MyLifeHasChangedForever

— Ramaa Ramesh (@ramaaramesh) May 12, 2012

Ramesh Powar: ‘Mujhe kuch Khatta khanne ka mood kar raha hai” #GetLostPls

— BCC! (@BoredCricket) May 12, 2012

One senior official said: I want news, facts& not views of Barkha, Rajdeep, Sagarika, Rahul and Arnab & their cronies

— B.RAMAN (@SORBONNE75) May 12, 2012

MI and KKR are evenly matched. Both teams don’t have Nehra.

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) May 12, 2012

• Who: Kiran Kumar S
  What: What TV Channels Did Not Inform You In 2002 Gujarat Riots Case
  Spicy:  Kiran Kumar brings forward facts that must have missed your eye. He points out errors and twisting of facts done in the SIT report. Kiran has a very well researched post here. You can’t afford to miss this.

• Who: Mohan Kumar S
  What: Satyamev Jayate: Opportunistic or Responsible?
  Spicy: There is no doubt that Satyamev Jayate has raised many questions since its aired. Some asked, do we need a superstar to bring about a change, for the problems everyone is well aware about? Others may question about the fake/true tear in eyes of Aamir. Mohan also has some opinions about SJ. He points out his views right from when the trailers were doing the rounds, to what suggestions he has, or what he was expecting the show to reflect. Read on.

• Who: Gaurav Sabnis
  What: Why EPL is Soccer and not Football: The Definitive Answer
  Spicy:  Q: Why can’t soccer fans in India change the fate of the game in their own country? A: They’re just taken in by the aura surrounding the brands that European soccer has managed to cultivate and export. People who follow ‘football’ and ‘soccer’ will be intrigued with this post, and for others, this will be a gripping informative read.

• Who: Bhuwan Chand
  What: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANTO… ARTISTS NEVER DIE
  Spicy: Did you know about Saadat Hasan Manto? He was a short story writer of Kashmiri heritage. He died at the young age of 42. During partition in 1947, he migrated to Lahore from Bombay. He has written many short stories, which has been savored by the literary fans and followers. Know more about him here.

• Who: Dr Roshan
  What: Doctors, defend thyself.
  Spicy: Dr. Roshan is talking and how! We might have been frustrated by a doctor or two at some point in our life. But did we ever know what the doctor has to go through? Here is a doctor, telling us about his work and world. Do read.

• Who: Tanmay Satapathy
  What: Changing Faces of Primary Education
  Spicy: Would you send your kid to a government school? A question posed by Tanmay in this post, raises many eyebrows. 95% of kids in government schools are from poor and marginalised sections of the society. The richer sections of the society prefer spending lakhs of rupees in other English private schools. Do you feel the discrimination is fair? State your reasons by commenting on his post.

• Who: Equateall
  What: The game behind the scenes for electing the President
  Spicy: The expectation of millions of common citizens of India is that we need a taint free person as the next President of India, says Equateall. Were you happy with Pratibha Patil’s work as a President? What are your views? Read this post and do leave your comments.

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Who can disagree with that? Warmth, lovely, beautiful, best hugger, affectionate and more such adjectives are associated with her. On the 13th of May, the world observes Mother’s Day. Well, there cannot be one day to love your mom, or to express it. But it is the only day where universally, every child wants to make his/her mother feel special. To mark this special day, we want the blogosphere to gather, and share one best conversation/incident/learning that their mom has enriched them with.

Share stories, thoughts, realisations, pour out your emotions, your feelings, and tell us:

• A learning that your mother was successful in cultivating within you. Or it may be a learning that you have inculcated by seeing your mother. Back it up with incidents, where these learnings were most useful to you. For some, the best learning could be how one should remain patient in troublesome situations, while others might have learnt to remain strong in traumatic engagements, because they have seen their mother do so. Pen it down, so that we can also get inspired by those learnings.
• A conversation that you had with your mother and is still etched in your mind. At a point of time, mothers become our best friend. And with friends, we have many conversations. There might be a conversation where you both laughed together, cried on each other’s shoulder, remembered childhood days, or anything that has found a permanent place in your mind. Share them. We would love to read to those conversations!
• An incident that happened with you and your mother, and is still remembered by you. You both must have pulled your father’s leg, had a neck-to-neck badminton match, or fought victoriously an emotionally dreaded situation. Tell us about it. We want to know about the relation you share.

You choose to write about any one of them, or even a combination.

Take a cup of coffee, and start writing!

While every post will be a winner in itself, because no one mother can be better than the other. Mothers are mothers. Plain and simple. There cannot be a first or a second prize for them. But for bloggers, there can. Six entries, will receive a surprise gift from us and their posts will be published on our blog.  Keep it real. Keep it unforced. The write-up can be of around 300 words.

Post your entry in our forum here. The gathering ends on 21st May, 2012.

All the best bloggers!

Q: When and why did you start blogging?

I used to write longish, allegedly humorous e-mails to friends and relatives in the old days, which they had to manually send to the trash bin. Then a well meaning uncle told me about blogging, around the beginning of 2007.

“You write it on this page, see, and publish it, and then the whole world can read it. It’s called a blog” he told me.
“And what’s more, you don’t have to mail it individually to people”
“The whole world!”

“Only the ones who see it, of course” he added, clearly gleeful that my tiresome emails would no longer infest his tidy little inbox. But I was bitten. I started writing and soon enough, found enough chaps reading my stuff and commenting on it.

Q: What topics do you generally blog about?

I usually write about my family – I have a wonderful wife and two absolutely adorable sons – and the things they do. Going by the blog, you’d probably think they pull my leg all the time, but that’s not true. Not all the time. Sometimes, very rarely, I write about things that bother me. I wrote a couple of posts on the Mumbai Municipality’s fondness for digging up perfectly decent roads for no discernible reason other than to inconvenience the public at large, leaving the pits open for a while and then filling them up without of course bothering to resurface them. Wrote one or two about why I thought the Lokpal bill was probably not such a great idea. Stuff like that. But mostly it is the missus and the lads.

Q: Do you ever get stuck when writing an entry? What do you do then?

The ripest posts flow straight off the bat. I hardly need to even edit them for grammar or spelling. But if I start getting spaced out too often while writing, I give it up as a bad job and try some other time. Usually another day altogether. I also find it virtually impossible to write when I am stressed or worried about something. I mention this because I read somewhere that the French novelist de Balzac, a profligate libertine, wrote his best works when creditors were trying to bang down his door. He would, or so they say, write his masterpiece, shin down the drainpipe, slip the manuscript to his publisher, collect his advance on royalty, run back home, shin up the drainpipe, open the door and ask the creditors indignantly what the devil they thought they were doing, before imperiously flinging the money on their faces. What a guy!

Q: A rose by any other name-brand - this post makes us wonder from where in the world do you get time to write these things? Either you actually are a hippopotamus in a mud pool who has nothing to do but to wander around like a tortoise, or you have some serious time management techniques. Where do you get your humour from?! What is the inspiration? Clear some mud from this please. We would also love to hear business plan 3.

I get most of my ridiculous ideas in conversations with friends. The wacky ones that is, and usually over a drop or two of some whiskey. I try to surreptitiously jot down a key word or two somewhere, usually on my phone these days, in the hope that it will make sense on the morrow. It does sometimes. And sometimes it makes me wonder if I’m periliously close to being declared clinically insane when I read things like ‘thing thong voice’ or ‘capitalism or small caseism’.

Q: Nail polish designer is what I shall be when I grow up - you said this in 2007. So have you been lucky enough to pursue your big dream and succeed in it?

I actually did meet a nail polish designer. I still can’t get over the idea that someone can actually design a color for a living! Sadly, I haven’t been able to get into anything even remotely resembling that. I run a small manufacturing business and do tooling and machine design on the side. It’s enough to keep the wolf from the door, but only just, most of the time.

Q: In a post of 2007, you had written about parenting, role of a father, and the changing times. What are the things that you feel still work from the past, in the changing parenting lifestyles? If you had to change few things in the way your kids were brought up, then what would they be? Have your kids also imbibed your humour?

I’m not much of a parent. I am hopeless at disciplining my children or inspiring them to achieve greatness. However, I do believe that the worst thing you can do to kids is to nag them. Nag a child and you will get him or her doing exactly the opposite of what you what him or her to do, just out of spite.

I try to express my displeasure, on the extremely rare occasions that I feel it, by completely ignoring the lads. Not being nasty or even cold. Just going about my life as if they don’t exist. It usually works. The lads last a few days and then crawl in waving the white flag. I’ve only had to do it twice or thrice. (Doesn’t work on the missus though.)

Q: Tell us something about your work. You are an MBA by education. What do you feel about the whole MBA wave that has taken shape among the fresh graduates?

My work in mostly hardcore engineering. There is very little room for any serious MBA stuff like Marketing Strategy or Financial Analysis of the Firm. We have more than enough work if our charges are equal to or lower than the competition, which it usually is because we are a very small firm. There is scope to crank up the scale of the company, but I’ve always chickened out because that involves taking on lots of debt and I feel very insecure about owing money.

But here’s what I feel about MBAs. I think the course itself is very insignificant in its contribution to developing managerial talent. A good manager simply is a good manager because that’s the way he or she is. Not because of the institute and the training. It’s a combination of many skills – the ability to motivate people, the ability to hustle, the willingness to suffer in the short term for a medium-to-long-term gain and I don’t know what else. Reams have been written on it. All that the course does is open a door to a managerial position. Management is much much closer to the arts than it is to the sciences. Long topic of course and I shall bore you not. But give me a decent beer or two and I will tell you more.

Q: Your wife Sheela also blogs. We loved the welcome page which showed ‘No Posts’, in a blog named “Don’t Worry, Panic!” Like you, did she also think of writing about you and your kids? It would be fun to read a wife’s and a husband’s perspective on one family incident. So can we hear both your perspectives on a current tornado that occurred in the family?  Does she also write on your current blog?

Confession: She doesn’t write. She should actually, because she is a great raconteur and can be very very funny when she feels like it, but she hates writing and refuses to even consider it. Sigh.

Q: Your house seems to be a complete riot of sorts! Share few completely hilarious situations that occurred with the loved ones. Tell us something about your kids too.

My kids love to pull my leg and crack PJs after leading me up the garden path. They start off a serious sounding discussion and when I’ve bitten the bait and started responding seriously, they crack the PJ. I’ve wised up but they ambush me every now and then. Some examples are on my blog.

Q: There are a lot of comedy shows and movies that have cropped up in the television and the film fraternity. Do you follow any? What is your take on them? Also tell us your view about platforms like The Comedy Store, Mumbai, that are beginning to cater to such talent.

I watch a few comedy shows on TV now and then (I hate watching TV in general). I liked a couple of episodes of The Big Bang Theory that I watched. Did not care much for Two and a Half men. About standup comedy, especially at places like The Comedy Store, I have to say that I LOVE it. And I’ve grown to admire Indian standup comedians hugely. People like Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakya for instance. I tried my hand at it once – at an Open Mic thing – and I can assure you, it ain’t easy! I love the spontaneity and the unique Indian-ness that our local comedians possess. They are funny to me in ways American comedians can’t always be. I think it will grow quickly. Not because there is money in it – there isn’t, I’m told – but because it’s the most fun you can have when you want to chill out with friends. I expect to see more pubs and sports bars having standup shows around Mumbai at least.

Q: Life was a post you wrote in 2011 which was originally meant to publish on Google+ because of the privacy it provides. How much is privacy important to you, and what are your views on privacy options provided by social networking websites? Do you think it is stringent enough?

There is a whole section of my life that is very private, same as everyone else. I am concerned about networking websites encroaching on that, getting information I haven’t shared, using it in ways I wish it wouldn’t be and so on. I have opinions I wouldn’t voice in public, incidents I wouldn’t want anyone other than my nearest to know. I don’t think the laws covering privacy over the internet are very stringent at the moment. It will take years for case law to emerge, according to a couple of lawyer friends I’ve discussed this with. There is also the problem of how to punish someone who doesn’t live in your country, or whether it is fair to allow governments the right to pry out IP addresses of users from service providers.

Q: It will take months of patient practice before you achieve any kind of expertise at pooh-poohing. What things would you like to add to pooh-pooh 101? What expertise level have you reached and have you ever been pooh-poohed? How do people on Twitter fair in pooh-poohing?

Haha, it’s a delicate art! I haven’t progressed much, probably because I’m more pooh-poohed against, than pooh-poohing.

Q: Have you ever thought of writing a book? If you ever do, what would it be about and why would you choose that topic?

I attempted writing a novel. This was in response to something called the National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo. The challenge is to write 50,000 words in one month (the month of November). I wrote some 10,000 words of a story about a chap who lives in a small town and finds out that he is suddenly the owner of a large organization belonging to an estranged uncle who didn’t have anyone to leave it to. It started off promisingly enough but suffered from several flaws, some of which eventually turned out to be fatal. For instance, I introduced too many characters too soon (this is what you get from reading GRRM) and tried too hard to be funny. I decided that the world would be a better place without tripe of this sort inflicted upon it, but the itch has returned. I’m planning to rewrite it and fling it upon the unsuspecting universe. Since I’m convinced that there aren’t enough suckers who’d actually pay to read the thing, I’m probably going to have to give it away free.

Q: Do you promote your blog? What promotional techniques work best for you and why?

In the early days I would infest the comment space on other people’s blogs in the hope that someone would read my comments, infer that I was a latter day Shakespeare and read my blog. This strategy had a limited success. Nowadays, I put a link on twitter which usually gets a few dozen hits straight away.

Q: How important is it for the blogger to interact with their readers? Do you respond to all the comments that you receive?

I used to respond to every comment in the old days. I still do, off and on, but I wonder if anyone reads the comments much. Nowadays it is mostly on twitter. My blogs aren’t exactly thought provoking so there isn’t much by way of intense debate but I get my leg pulled enough.

Q: What do you find to be the most gratifying aspect of blogging?

In my case my blog is like a snapshot of what I was thinking. I read an old post and remember what I was dreaming about when I wrote it. Love that. Sometimes it is a funny incident or a funny thought that is nailed down and preserved forever. And I’ve made some great friends through blogging, friends I would never have made otherwise.

Q: How, in general, would you rate the quality of Indian blogs? Share your favourite five blogs.

I think the general quality of writing is superb. My favorite blogs?

• Anand Ramachandran’s Son of Bosey
• Krish Ashok’s Doing Jalsa and showing Jilpa
• Lavanya Mohan’s Coconut Chutney
• Ramesh Srivats’s Let’s Put Da
• Deepak Gopalakrishnan’s Chronicles of Dementia
• Sidvee’s brilliant sportswriting
• K Balakumar’s Cranks Corner

some superb food blogs (cooking is my main hobby these days), primarily Nandita Iyer aka @saffrontrail.

Q: What is your advice to someone who wants to start a blog?

Practice makes perfect. Start writing straight away and be prepared to find your first few posts raw and quite unlike what you wanted to really say. The idea behind blogging, to me at least, is to write an interesting account of what you are thinking about. It takes a while to get the ‘interesting’ part down, but you will, eventually.

Q: Do you earn revenue through your blog? How does one go about it?

I haven’t really. If you have a decent readership, I suppose you can run Google’s ads on it. But I haven’t tried anything like that.

Q: According to you, what is the future of Blogging?

I think blogging will continue and thrive. There are many interesting people with interesting ideas out there who people will always be interested in listening to and I can think of no better platform than a blog.

Q: Let’s conclude off with a few favorites.

Color: Ah, I was asked this question by the missus before she married me. I answered ‘Blue’ I think, which convinced her I was a sound bloke, kindhearted and all, and influenced greatly her decision to marry me. But honestly, I don’t know. I mean, favorite color is such a relative thing. Blue might well be my favorite color but you’d never catch me drinking a blue whisky. It would have to be amber or light gold or whatever.

Movie: Godfather I of course. Pulp Fiction. Saw the hindi movie ‘Vicky Donor‘ recently and loved it.

TV Show: I hardly watch any TV. But I like some of the American serials. The Big Bang Theory is fun. There is one my sons used to watch, called “Burn Notice” that was pretty well made, I thought.

Book: Almost everything by P.G.Wodehouse. The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The Music Room by Namita Devidayal. Amit Varma’s My Friend Sancho. Following Fish by Samanth Subramaniam.

Time of Day: Love the early morning. 6 to 8 am. And, if there is a decent scotch at hand, the early evening.

Your Zodiac Sign: Taurus.

He loves the early morning and the early evening. Follow the awesome Narendra Shenoy when he is free in between. Thank you Narendra for this awesomeness interview and wish you all the best for the book. We will surely make it a part of our Book Reviews Program.

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• Who: Hoezaay
  What: 10 Points for Aamir – #SatyamevJayate
  Tangy: If it takes an Aamir Khan to wake up the rest of this country, so be it. A really nice post written by Hoezaay on listing the 10 points about Aamir’s new show – Satyamev Jayate. He criticizes, he appreciates, he suggests, and he puts forth his point of view here. +10 to you too Sir! Do read his post.

• Who: Harshad Sharma
  What: Silence
  Tangy: This poem reminded us of Agneepath, where the death of the father was the force behind the protagonist in a world that once upon a time, had the presence of dad. A nice read.

• Who: Umashankar
  What: Truth Alone Triumphs
  Tangy: There was an ordinary man, who got married and was leading a happy life. Months later, he was blessed with twin girls. His happiness grew. Many people poked their nose and asked them to try again for a male child. He refused. Refused to be a part of the trade. Today he is happy again. Why? You need to surely read this post. Recommended!

• Who: Ramakant Pradhan
  What: Courtallam – The Spa of South India
  Tangy: Did you know about the famous spa of South India? No? Then you gotto read this post. Ramakant visited Courtallam, the spa whose owner is the nature God, and had a truly blissful experience. Those who like pampering themselves with regular spa visits, you can head over this place the next time you want to pamper yourself within the nature’s aura.

• Who: Jaspreet Soni
  What: Cricket Vs Biwi
  Tangy: Cricket might not be a great reason to fight in other parts of the world, but it surely is in Indian households. Biwi doesn’t like cricket and husband can’t let go off both. This is a grueling situation. So what happened in Jaspreet’s case? Read on to find out.

• Who: Archana Chari
  What: On why kids are not so cute.
  Tangy: Many of us go ‘awww’ when we see a cute kid. Many of us blabber kiddish stuff (saw the recent kid-cheek-pulling corn flakes ad?) when we are coochie-cooing a kid. Here’s a person who doesn’t believe in bloating up a kid’s ego, doesn’t want the kid to repeat ABCD 10 times for different people, and rather treats them as a young fellow. Do read why Archana says kids are not so cute.

• Who: Amruta Marwah
  What: A Fallen Petal…
  Tangy: Different people have different pace and ways to overcome a death or a tragedy. Amruta here describes how she struggled to overcome the death of her best friend, and what techniques she adopted to keep her immortal within her. Do share your views with her.

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20 copies of It’s your move, Wordfreak! to be given away.

Overview of the Book

Wordfreak and Worddiva hit it off right from their first online Scrabble game. Playing game after game every night leads to fun and flirty chats and a cerebral attraction so potent that it sizzles the broadband connection between them. The Scrabble-crazy duo cultivate their perfect relationship—a virtual one. A bond where the past doesn’t matter and neither do their names. A bond forged by cheesy words and raucous laughs.

But this simple and uncomplicated equation is shaken when Alisha Menon, parental-divorce survivor and successful divorce lawyer meets Aryan “Save-the-Planet” Chawla on a blind date. As reality intrudes on their online idyll, the rules of the game change forever. Soon, the two realise that some words cannot be taken lightly.

Can the real Wordfreak and Worddiva spell love in capital letters or is the game of life a deal-breaker for them?

Know the Author

Born and brought up in Mumbai, Falguni Kothari currently lives in New York with her family and one utterly spoilt dog. When she is not playing Domestic Goddess, Soccer Mom or Canine Companion, she is found embroiled in scandals—usually on her laptop. This is her first novel.

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Overview of the Book

Padmavati, the village hostess’s body is found in the sacred chamber of the Kali temple. Men wanted her; women hated her; while some men wanted to keep their liaisons hidden.

But who had the motive, means and opportunity to kill her?

Padmavati charged by the hour – her laughs, her understanding, her empathy, her advice – everything was available only in return for payment, which made her, in the sarpanch Seetaraamaiah’s eyes, little more than a trader.

‘Look,’ the priest Krishna Shastri said, pointing to the letters around him. ‘Satyam, Shekhar, Seetaraamaiah – how many men did she have in her grasp? How many?’

The onus of solving the case put head constable Venkat Reddy in a quandary. He has never even solved petty crimes and here he is faced with a murder!

If this were a novel, the constable Venkat Reddy thought vacantly, would the reader think of him as a worthy detective? Would anyone bother reading about a bungling, confused constable pretending to be a detective? The equation before him is simple: seven suspects, seven motives, one murder.

Know the Author

Sharath Komarraju is a Bangalore-based IT specialist. On a typical day he spends eight hours testing software and two writing fiction. (He hopes to some day flip that balance.) His short fiction appears in Reading Hour, a print bi-monthly based in India, and also in Pratilipi, an online quarterly. Murder in Amaravati is his first novel. You can read more about the author @ sharathkomarraju.com.

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