Interview with Ruchir Joshi, Editor-Electric Feather:The Tranquebar Book of Erotic Stories

Some could argue that Ruchir Joshi had an enviable job there for a while, editing a book of erotic stories. Enviable maybe, but certainly not easy. To start with there isn’t much Indian work in the past to go by and set the bar to. Ye Olde Kamasutra would hardly qualify as erotica and there [...]

How to ace the ABC’s of Parenting this Children’s Day.

The last thing a busy parent (are there a non-busy parents out there?) needs is a tome on parenting that requires copious note taking and quick runs to the dictionary (and/or Wikipedia). Gouri Dange’s new book ABC’s of Parenting makes for an easy read. It goes from A to Z with succinct and engaging notes. [...]

AWOL or what?

No, we haven’t gone AWOL. The last few months at the FriendsOfBooks office have been terrifically busy. First we had technical housekeeping  that was on TOP priority and then there was some literal housekeeping chores that needed attention as we made space for even more books (Yay!). In the mean, the off -office hours have [...]

Author Interview : Sunil Robert

Sunil Robert’s book I Will Survive is the story of the author’s own life- the tumultuous years of growing up in small town India, his struggles to make sense of the world around him and his learning the skills to negotiate the dark realities and emerge as a successful corporate executive. FriendsOfBooks chatted with the [...]

Serious Popular Fiction by Anuradha Marwah For years in the West people made a distinction between high and low art: serious literary fiction and popular novels. Serious used to be worthy or ‘great’ literature, usually realistic and message driven, prescribed to the impressionable for the elevation of their souls; whereas the popular was allied with [...]

I think I’ve got a book in me…How can I be sure that I’m good enough to be an author?

I’ve had extensive opportunities to interact with book lovers and potential authors across India during my ongoing “The eMedha Paradigm” book tour. During these in-person as well as electronic (mails, chats, website-comments, etc) interactions, quite a few questions have kept on popping back almost rhetorically. One such question that I’ve been asked quite frequently is: [...]