Days preceding the launch… Should we, shouldn’t we? Should we, shouldn’t we? Should we, shouldn’t we? This was how the conversation between AT, my publicist at Westland, and me went for about a week. And, no, we weren’t contemplating having a same sex affair. It was about something as mundane as a book launch for [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Piggies on the Railway – A Review in the Tribune
Posted in Book Reviews, Novel, Piggies on the Railway - A Kasthuri Kumar Mystery, Promotion, tagged Bollywood, chicklit, comedy, crime fiction, fiction, funny, humour, India, Kkrishnaa's Konfessions, murder mystery, Novel, PI, private detective, private eye, publishing, reading on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Nonchalantly Insolent ALAS! Lady-detectives, Indian lady-detectives are elusive literary creatures. Despite the plethora of contemporary characters that the modern Indian writer has cajoled out of the mighty pen, this earthling has failed to evolve. But wait a minute. Here comes one waltzing in on her wannabe “black Fendi peep toes”—and six inches high no less! [...]
Book Launch – Invite
Posted in Novel, Piggies on the Railway - A Kasthuri Kumar Mystery, Promotion, tagged Bollywood, book, book launch, book publicity and promotion, chicklit, crime fiction, events, fiction, funny, humour, India, marketing and promotion, media, PI, private detective, private eye, publishing, reading on March 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Dear All, Piggies on the Railway is officially being launched on the 24th at the Park Hotel, Parliament Street, New Delhi at 5 p.m. and once again on the 27th at Landmark bookstore, Gurgaon at 7 p.m. Do try and make it for one or both events. If you are planning on coming, do drop a [...]
What Women Want
Posted in Random thoughts, tagged comedy, entertainment, funny, humour, joke, personal, picture on March 11, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Recently, I was asked to write a column on what women want. I figured I’d check out what’s out there on the subject first. And this is what I found. It’s so hilarious, I just had to put it up. Enjoy!
Piggies in Bookstores
Posted in Novel, Piggies on the Railway - A Kasthuri Kumar Mystery, Promotion, tagged Bollywood, book, book publicity and promotion, chicklit, funny, humour, India, marketing and promotion, media, murder mystery, news, Novel, PI, private detective, private eye, publishing on March 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Piggies in Indian Express
Posted in Kkrishnaa's Konfessions, Piggies on the Railway - A Kasthuri Kumar Mystery, Promotion, tagged Bollywood, book, book publicity and promotion, chicklit, crime fiction, fiction, humour, India, Indian Express, Kasthuri Kumar, marketing and promotion, media, murder mystery, newspaper, PI, private detective, private eye, publishing, reading on March 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In 1929 British crime writer Ronald Knox codiefied a set of 10 commandments, a decalogue for all crime writers. The rules included that no Chinamen should feature in the plot, only one hidden passage or room was allowed and that the friend of the detective, the Watson, must not hide any thoughts from the reader. [...]
Crime Fiction
Posted in Novel, Screenplay, Short Story, tagged book, detective fiction, fiction, how to, India, murder mystery, PI, private detective, private eye, Short Story, writing on March 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Somebody asked me the other day if writing crime fiction was significantly different from writing any other fiction. At first glance it would appear that it is not. After all, crime fiction is like telling any other story. It has to have a plot, a properly paced story graph, character development graph, conflict, resolution etc [...]
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Piggies On the Railway – A Kasthuri Kumar Mystery
When tall, suave, handsome Kaustav Kapoor walks into her office, ditzy private investigator Kasthuri (aka Katie) Kumar has anything but detection on her mind. He is, after all, a scion of Bollywood’s first family—perhaps he has a role for her? Perhaps she will, at last, get to sashay down the red carpet in a designer gown, with flash bulbs following her every move?
But Kapoor’s intentions are much more prosaic: he wishes Katie to trace the heroine of his new blockbuster (and, if Katie’s read the glossies correctly, his life) who is mysteriously AWOL. Despite her misgivings, Katie finds herself unable to refuse the task entrusted to her, and thereon follows a bewildering hunt for the film star across a trail of corpses.
And if that isn’t excitement enough, she has to contend with the maddening and mysterious, but, oh-so-hot, Tejas Deshpande.
The first in a brand new detective series.
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