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Eight months and still waiting for the verdict on my two books. I don't know what's wrong, if I should contact the publishers and find out if they are at all interested in them. This wringing of hands, this eternal anxiety, this indecision, to say the least, is killing. An author invests a lot of time and money on a book and to find it is not acceptable could be devastating, one can simply stop writing altogether and go into a shell. Nothing of that sort is happening to me, as I am still active literary boards, blogs and writing comments and criticisms. This keeps the juices, sort of, flowing. As Lokmanya Tilak said when he was convicted for sedition, "There are bigger things that govern the destiny of man." He is a hero, no mean writer himself, and I believe his words. Also my latest short story Seats, Red Spit and Being Steve Smith featured in my short story blog Unendingstories has got good reactions from the boards.

Recently, I was invited to attend the "Kritya International Poetry Festival" organized by Kritya in Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala. Those two days in Kerala were like a peek into a transient heaven. Like all heavens, it also passed in seconds. Pictures of the festival can be viewed on my photoblog Johnclicks.

Penguin-Sulekha "India Smiles" Short Story Collection Is Out!

"India Smiles" the collection of short stories that won Penguin-Sulekha's global short story contest has recently been published by Penguin India. This is what the book jacket looks like. Do buy it if you see it in stores. It features my short story "Flirting in Short Messages."

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I write stories about what touches me, moves me, because write I must. I make notes on yellow stickit notes, book margins, and even bus tickets. Read my stories and see if you like them.

· Flirting in Short Messages

· The Tender Coconut Vendor

· Don't Call Me, I Will Call You

· Thank You, Teacher!

· The E-slave

· Accidents Happen to Other People

· Rina's Dog

· Computerben - A True Story

· 2100 The Long Commute

· Marathekeri
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"Flirting in Short Messages"

The E-slave

The Tender Coconut Vendor

Thank You, Teacher

Don’t Call Me, I Will Call You
Computerben - A True Story
2100 - The Long Commute
Marathekeri
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The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri
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An Iron Harvest CP Surendran
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