Hindol Sengupta is a journalist, entrepreneur and an award-winning author of eight books. He won the Wilbur Award in 2018 for his book “Being Hindu: Understanding a Peaceful Path in a Violent World”, which happens to be the first book on Hinduism to win the prestigious prize given by The Religion Communicators Council of America. Earlier he was awared the PSF Prize for public service in India in 2015. His book “Recasting India: How Entrepreneurship is Revolutionizing the World’s Largest Democracy” was short-listed in 2015 for the Hayek Prize given by the Manhattan Institute in memory of the Nobel laureate economist F. A. Hayek. Sengupta is a World Economic Forum Young Global leader and a Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University. Indictoday recently had an engaging interview with him. Q: Welcome to Indictoday! You have written books on famous Dharmic personalities as well as Economic liberalism and entrepreneurship. How do these two apparently diverse ideas connect? Is Dharma more conducive to left-wing economics or right-wing economics, broadly speaking? A: Thank you, and congratulations on the new initiative. I, actually, do …

Dr Vineet Aggarwal is a doctor by qualification, manager by profession and artist by temperament. Born in a family of doctors, he successfully completed an initial stint with the family occupation before deciding to venture into pharmaceutical management. He purses writing as a passion and is an avid travel photographer as well. His literary repertoire extends from politics to poetry and travel to terrorism but his favourite genre remains the amalgamation of science and mythology. He has published three books, the latest book being on Maharaja Bharat. In this interview, Dr. Vineet Aggarwal speaks on what inspires him to write. You can also click ‘here’ to buy his books. He also conducted a ‘Facebook’ live recently which you could check and his page here. Interview: Dr. Vineet Aggarwal 1. When did you first realize that you wanted to be a writer/ a storyteller? My fascination with the ancient stories of India began quite early in my childhood, with my grandmother regaling me with the wonderful narratives from our Puranik corpus. My grandfather, who retired as the head-master of …

Author Manoshi Sinha (Rawal) calls herself a writer by passion and an editor by profession. The writer who has published seven books was educated at Don Bosco School, Doom Dooma and graduated from Women’s College Tinsukia, Assam. She is also a post-graduate in English from the University of Pune. Her first novel – Made for Each Other – was published in 2000 and her latest one is the Blue Vanquisher-the second of the Krishna Trilogy 2 that followed ‘The Eighth Avatar’ . In this interview, Manoshi Sinha (Rawal) speaks on her latest novel Blue Vanquisher which narrates the life of Krishn from 14th to his 85th year and she says dispels several myths surround the ‘lord’. The author lives in Ghaziabad with her family. You can also click here to buy her books. She also conducted a Facebook live recently which you could check and her page here. -Interview: Manoshi Sinha 1. How has the online space been a game changer in your journey as a Blogger, travelogue, wordsmith, and author? I have been writing since I was 10. It started off as …

Reading Sita-Warrior of Mithila by Amish Tripathi provides a unique experience of the world of Ramayana. The author’s very rich reimagination takes the reader through an adventurous journey, breaking the medieval and colonial stereotypes built around the character of Sita. This is the second book of Amish’s Ram Chandra Series. His Shiva Trilogy is the fastest selling book series in Indian publishing history. The Immortals of Meluha (2010), The Secret of the Nagas (2011) and The Oath of the Vayuputras (2013), which collectively comprise the Shiva Trilogy, Scion of Ikshvaku (Book 1 of the Ram Chandra Series) (2015) and Sita-Warrior of Mithila (Book 2 of the Ram Chandra Series) (2017), have 4 million copies in print. He tells Saiswaroopa Iyer, author, Abhaya, about his experience of unearthing Sita from Valmiki’s mystical poetry, the Indic way of reforming, its mature and nuanced approach, and his upcoming book on Raavan. Congratulations on the spectacular launch of the second book of Ram Chandra Series. Devi Sita’s portrayal was soul-stirring and fulfilling. Tell us more about defying the popular tropes and stereotypes associated with Sita. Defying is too strong a word. I don’t think I am defying anything. I am only respectfully interpreting the story of Devi Sita. I have depended on the more ancient interpretations of …

Aniket Joshi: Hi, Mayur, please tell our readers about MayurDidolkar, the man. Who is he and what is his inspiration behind writing? What does he do in his Professional life? Give us the works. ? Mayur: I work as an independent investment professional in Pune, India. I have been a precocious reader. I could read a newspaper in Marathi at age 5 and was reading novels meant for adults by the time I was 8-9 year old. My love for writing has come from my love of reading, I think. My job requires me to interact with people from diverse backgrounds. This has always been ground zero for observing a range of human emotions for me. Most of my writing is a quest to answer the ‘what if’ question. What if this person jumped out of this window? What if this woman was having an affair with her boss and his wife knew about it? Aniket Joshi:Can we say that suspense is your favorite genre? If yes, why? Mayur: As a reader I think supernatural and …