Amused
Amused has been written by young, fresh and first time writers and it offers an array of stories with a twist in the tail. The stories will make you smile, laugh, cry and keep you amused.
While Sandhya writes about the Jogan family that follows the IST in the USA, 'The Encounter' by Srinath has a lot to say about the life and the transformations that one goes through and all that is brought out through a conversation between a grandfather and a grandson. Krishna's 'The Winter Birds' with an unusual narration is a very exciting romantic story. Ravikiran's 'Shakespeare's curse' is about the protagonist's encounter with Shakespeare...
Achal Rangaswamy's 'Hero Meets Hero' is about a day in the life of a pickpocket, Kshitij Banker's story will remind you of a stranger you know well, Usha and Sriya's stories have everyday humour that we miss to observe.
A sure decoction to leave you Amused!
Cover concept, photography and design- Ravikiran
About the writers
Sandhya Ramachandran is presently the City Manager(Chennai) at Burrp.com. She is a Post Graduate in Film and Video Communication from the National Institute of Design and holds a Bachelors degree in Architecture. She is a storyteller who loves to tell her stories in words, images, film, doodles and other mediums of expression she can find. Travel, lifestyle, culture, art, food, education and literature form her core interests in her explorations. She believes that globe trotting would bring more meaning to life.
Srinath Vardarajan is a Chartered Accountant with a lot of passion for short stories and poems. He likes to write about simple day to day things with a different perspective.
Sriya Narayanan is a marketing professional at a newspaper . She also writes feature articles and a column on animal welfare. Her poetry has been published in journals like Eclectica, Nthposition and Mascara Review. She was shortlisted for the Toto Funds the Arts Creative Writing Award in 2009 and 2011.
Ravikiran has studied Photography Design from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. He is a travel photographer, who also loves to write short stories. He has penned and also designed a fiction with his mom titled 46+14=06, A Story of a Genius.
Krishna Marimuthu is an adept musician, aspiring film maker and of course, a born writer. His varied interest makes his writing simple in style, solid in substance but most importantly a tangible pleasure!
Creating press and TV campaigns for advertising agencies, writing newspaper articles and website content, managing copyright permissions for publishers, anchoring corporate communications -Usha Narayanan has done all this and more. She is happy to dabble now in the joys of purely creative writing!
Sales and Marketing professionals are known for the yarns they spin to sell their wares. But Achal Rangaswamy loves to spin yarns around his favourite subject- Cricket.
Kshitij Banker is a radio Jockey with Radio Mirchi (98.3FM), Baroda.
Authors & Titles of stories
Sandhya Ramachandran
• Traveller’s Joy
• The Jogan Family
• Symphony
• Persistance of Vision
• For a Rainbow
• Epitaph
• Transience
• Memory
Srinath Vardarajan
• Rani
• Broken Arrow
• Known Devil, Unknown Vengeance
• Love is a disease
• Morning Walk
• Temporary Excuse
• All the Best
• World Wonder
• The Encounter
Sriya Narayanan
• Skyward Blue
• Queue
• The Married Man
• Paper Clip Man
Ravikiran
• The End is Here
• Shakespeare’s Curse
Krishna Marimuthu
• The Tiny Circle of Miracles
• The Winter Birds
Usha Narayanan
• A Crazy Day in the Life of a Teenager
Achal Rangaswamy
• Hero meets Hero
Kshitij Banker
• Hello Uncle!
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