Category Archives: Thoughts

Forming a voice of myself. Check out my thoughts on the writing industry, changing cultures and some such stuff.

Tale of Hem Vayanattu Kulavan Theyyam, the toddy bhuta

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Shweta Taneja

Shruti and Smriti are two wise sisters. Smriti or Memory comes to you while you are reading things. You remember her wise lines long after she’s gone. Shruti or Listening comes to you anytime, on the road, in a movie, … Continue reading →

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I blog for internet

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Shweta Taneja

Internet is a life-savior for me. I cannot imagine not checking out my emails, blogs and videos that have refreshingly non-censored language and sometimes when I have time (and inclination), even porn. So I write to support the Black Out … Continue reading →

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Word Breakup: Poppy Shame and Eve teasing

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Shweta Taneja

I have been toying with the idea of doing a blog on the phrase ‘Shame, shame Poppy shame’ something that is used quite freely around me, though no one knows where and how it originated. I heard it recently spoken … Continue reading →

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Clothes and rape

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Shweta Taneja

The policeman said, don’t blame us if women get raped if they are dressed provocatively. Karnataka Women and Child Welfare Minister C C Patil said women should know how to dress or presumably face the consequences. And here’s what the … Continue reading →

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Muses are like opportunities

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Shweta Taneja

Muses are like opportunities. They come knocking on your door at unexpected times. Sometimes you have been waiting impatiently, looking at your cellphone screen’s right hand side corner for that precise moment to strike, tapping your fingers on the side … Continue reading →

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Time to pitch is now!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Shweta Taneja

  Finally the day has come. And what can be better than the start of the new year to do something that you have cringed from all of last year? I am going to close Mystery of the Iyer Bungalow … Continue reading →

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Of writing, language and search for muses

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Shweta Taneja

I have just finished the fourth story of The Skull Rosary, a graphic novel which if all goes well, would be out in May 2012 in the market. This particular story was about a blind demon , but ironically it … Continue reading →

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Bye, Bye my 1st baby!

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Shweta Taneja

It’s a rather pretty day today, have you noticed? I did, after a long, long time!  If any of you avid readers of my blog wondered what I have been up for almost a month of my absence from the … Continue reading →

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