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Reshma K. Barshikar is an erstwhile Investment Banker who fell down a rabbit hole in 2013 and discovered a world outside a fluorescent cubicle. Since then she has wholly embraced daydreaming as her key skill. Fade Into Red, published by Penguin Random House, was her debut novel. Her first YA Fantasy novel, The Hidden Children, won the 2019 Children’s Book Award and went on to become a National Bestseller. When she’s not dreaming up elaborate plots she can barely worm her way out of, she also writes features and contributes to the the National Geographic Traveller, Harper’s Bazaar, Grazia, The Sunday Guardian, The Mint Lounge, The New Indian Express and The Hindu. She is also the creator and founder of The Hidden Imagination Writers Academy. ...more

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Reshma K. Barshikar I was in Tuscany sipping a lovely Brunello when I realized it was the perfect setting for a liaison of a romantic nature. There is wine, music, good f…moreI was in Tuscany sipping a lovely Brunello when I realized it was the perfect setting for a liaison of a romantic nature. There is wine, music, good food and art. When I came back from my vacation and went back to work, I was still thinking about it and wondered how wonderful it would be to go on work to Tuscany and work on a wine deal. And so I began writing a story and went back there everyday, in my head, until it finished. The fact that I would need to spend more time there was an added bonus. (less)
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Four songs : Indian Indie Female Artists

Four songs : Indian Indie Female Artists



Are you tired of listening to lyrics like, ‘Baby, I’m sorry (I’m not sorry)


Baby, I’m sorry (I’m not sorry)’. I am. It’s not like I’ve got anything against the current wave of pop music, but there’s a reason I reach for Joan Baez and Fiona Apple, Cohen and Oasis. Sometimes you want to listen to someone tell you a story, or transport you to a feeling you’re unable to express. So imagine

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