The things that can inspire

One of the many things that inspire / motivate me are movies....Some of them have such lovely stories that urge you to go off the beaten track. Like for example - Eat, Pray love inspired me to love food, to relish every bit of morsel that I put in my mouth. 3 idiots inspired me to visit ladakh (I finally did) and now Julie & Julia is inspiring me to cook ! Though I am still trying to make basic things that other people make with ease, it feels like an accomplishment each time!

 

 

Hence proven....cooking is therapeutic !

 

Image source - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog+food

Julie & Julia

Just finished watching Julie & Julia once more...there are no frills to the movie yet it is so delightful to watch. It makes me want to cook all those recipes, all those sauces and all those lovely looking meats but then I really don't think I want to eat something like a beef bourguignon...or bone a duck for that matter ! The best part about the movie is that Julie works at a call center, a job which she hates but goes back home to the one thing she loves - cooking and then blogging her experience. Her determination to want to finish 524 recipes in 365 days has made her what she is today - a writer... a writer who loves to cook.

 

I wonder what motivated her to want to actually cook each one of those recipes in that tiny little kitchen of hers and then eat them

for dinner everyday! Calls for a really firm stomach...and a bowlful of alerid tablets !

 

 

And the Site is up !

Another landmark achieved....my website - www.littlesetu.com is finally alive & kicking ! Been working on this since many months now....was much awaited.

Much happy & much grateful to the people who worked on it !

Little Setu ... Out now in Stores near you !

Setu and Anila stopped just short of the first forest, Sukaan which was the only way to the dark woods of Ula. Anila's legs trembled as they stood there looking at the enormity of the dark woods. If this is Sukaan, how frightening will Ula be She wondered. As they made their way slowly through the thickets in the dead of the night, Setu and Anila could not help but be overwhelmed by the majestic Silver Oaks, the coolness of the swaying fronds, and the swoosh of the tall shrubs that seemed to warn the trespassers of the impending danger they were getting closer to.. Innocent and soul-stirring, Little Setu's story travels from the lush green, open meadows of Sundernagari in the Anadaman & Nicobar islands, to the sinister creepiness of the Ula forest, where Setu and his friend Anila, encounter a series of adventures with the species of the forest and the tribal folk of the hidden realm of Shompen.


Little Setu on Facebook

Little Setu on Flipkart

Little Setu on Uread

Howzzat ?!

This is to shout out loud that my very first book for Children is out ! Aptly titled - Little Setu & the Forbidden Forest of Ula, this is an adventure story about a little boy in the Andamans & his quest to save a little pixie in one of the dense & deciduous forests in his village.

The book can be purchased at Flipkart ( though will shortly be available at leading bookstores). The link to flipkart is as mentioned below -

http://www.flipkart.com/little-setu-forbidden-forest-ula-9381576076/p/itmd9fr5vsuzjwvb?pid=9789381576076

I have also created an Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/littlesetu

Happy Reading !

School days

As I was taking the long rickshaw drive from my home in Malad West to my work place in Andheri, I started reminiscing about my school days when we had an English teacher who loved telling us stories every now & then. Most of them were horror stories ! That used to get us to the edge of our seats & maybe that's what story telling is all about..to capture the minds of the readers...There would be times when she would simply say...lets not open books today since I have a very interesting story to share with you all ! And we would all hoot & cheer eagerly waiting for her to start ..

Stories are just a different world altogether and I feel like going back to it every now and then...to all the stories I used to love...I have this great desire to keep a collection of all the storybooks of my childhood someday. Thanks to the Amazons & Flipkarts I can do that soon!

Writer's block

Even before I knew my first book was to be published, I had already starting penning down a manuscript for my next book. After having written a page, I have stumbled upon a block &been unable to write further or envision the story beyond what I have written. The visions that infact did come to my mind make the story bizzare & unreal. So now, I am on a never-ending lookout for a new perspective to my story.

Give me a sign !

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