Ekta Kumar

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Ekta is a Chartered Accountant and an MBA from IIM Calcutta, who realised much later that her heart does not belong to the world of finance or marketing, but lies elsewhere. She loves to tell stories of people, both real and unreal.

As a news anchor and a journalist, her opinion pieces on current affairs and human rights are regularly carried by some of the top publications both in India and abroad. She passionately believes in an equal world, and has represented India on several international forums.

Her paintings were showcased at the Pune Biennale along with artists from 18 other countries. Art is an attempt to express herself through the unwritten word.

When she is not writing, she is mostly dancing in her head.

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Lizard Tales

Lizard brain is the more primal, less thinking part of us. The part that hums with our deepest emotions and drives our most basic instincts. The lizard brain is how we sense the world, feel the edge of danger, the ache of longing and learn to survive. It is here that reason, logic and arguments are cast aside, and we learn to listen to our heart.
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“I think I like it here. Alone. I have no one to talk to, and nothing to say.”
Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“This is not where I was meant to be. Born to the wrong house, by a stroke of misfortune. The girls here have it all. Men in whorehouses exist only to serve. We are their guards, tailors, cooks and their musicians. Forever in the shadows. If only I could be a woman. With soft hands, big breasts and long hair. To have men fawn all over me, to see them rise and fall. Alas, but all I have is small feet.”
Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“Why should I be afraid of a little blood, I bleed a little every month and never die.”
Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“The wall between the two worlds is thin. Spirits roam.”
Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“Things change. As they are meant to. Nothing remains the same. Not the flesh on my hands, nor the smile on his face.”
Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“I think I like it here. Alone. I have no one to talk to, and nothing to say.”
Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“What is real, what is not. Who can tell. We inhabit different worlds.”
Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“What will he do?’
‘Every man has different needs.’
‘What should I do?’
Chumki shrugged, ‘Lie under him and count the stars.”
Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

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