What an ungrateful headline. After all, this is the year 'What Will People Think? ' was finally published in paperback in India. I got a lot of DMs from readers who said they enjoyed the book immensely. Some loved the throwback to the 70s. Some enjoyed the romance. Some loved the representation of Maharashtrian culture, said that they had been waiting to see themselves in print like that. That's a lot of validation for an author, and really, it was very heart-warming. But thi

I was re-reading Terry Pratchett's Night Watch the other day - I have plenty of time these days because like I mentioned in my last blog post , I am officially unemployed at the moment. Anyway, so I was reading and I came upon this phrase: "...that gnawing, nerve-sapping hatred that only the mediocre can bring to bear..." And it struck me: we live in the Age of Mediocrity. Look around. The average is being celebrated as exceptional. It's everywhere. From self-proclaimed Link

I haven't posted on this blog since last December - a new record for me. Now, nobody would blame you if you either a) didn't notice or b)...

2024, huh. What a year. We had the Olympics and a general election and a T20 World Cup and the attempted assassination of a U.S....