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Kavya Janani U.

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Kavya Janani. U is the author of the romance novel, With Love, Forever, two standalone sci-fi novelettes (Time Maidens series), and the poetry collections, La Douleur Exquise and From The Land of Longing.

She wrote her first short story, The Ghost Sticker, when she was eight. Since then, she has been writing stories on whatever piece of paper she can find. She publishes her short stories on this blog and her articles on Medium.

Kavya is also a poet and frequently publishes her poetry on Instagram and Medium. She also runs a poetry Substack website, Dreamypoet. One of her poems, Women Like Her Breathe Fire, has been published in Sledgehammer Lit. As a melomaniac, she also runs Isaiyaai Malarvaen, a blog chronicling her relationship with Indian ...more

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	With Love, Forever 3.83 avg rating — 65 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Timeless Turns (Time Maidens, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Douleur Exquise by Kavya Janani U. (Goodreads Author), Dhivya Balaji (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Somewhere In A Song (Time Maidens, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chandrayarn: Wrimo India's Spin to the Moon! by Sonia Rao (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Aksheeya (Goodreads Author), S.B. Akshobhya (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From The Land of Longing : Poems by Kavya Janani U. (Goodreads Author), Dhivya Balaji (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schezwan Jalebi by Balakarthiga M. (Goodreads Author), Tejas Jani, Srichandra Mukherjee 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Pearls 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tale Journey: A Collection of 21 Short Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nux Poemica 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A few days ago, I bought the first issue of Tinkle magazine for my 7-year-old daughter, so that I could inculcate in her the habit of reading magazines. I have occasionally bought Magic Pot for her in previous years. She would do the puzzles, colour the characters, and read the stories that were easy for her to understand, while I’d read to her the stories that required a bit more comprehension. N

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