Category: Authors Speak

NAW Interview with Utkarsh Patel

Utkarsh Patel is the author of Shakuntala- The Woman Wronged. He has qualifications in Mythology, both Indian and World from Mumbai University. He is also a faculty on the subject of Comparative Mythology, at the Mumbai University, India. Utkarsh is…

NAW Interview with Ankush Saikia

Ankush Saikia

Ankush Saikia is the author of “Dead Meat” and “The Girl from Nongrim Hills”, a noir thriller set in Shillong. He has worked for India Today magazine, Sage Publications and Dorling Kindersley. He was shortlisted for the fourth Outlook/Picador-India non-fiction…

NAW Interview with Ketan Bhagat

Ketan Bhagat

Ketan Bhagat’s debut work is Complete/Convenient. He lived abroad for many years before returning to India. He works in an MNC in Mumbai. NAW chatted with him about his second book, Child/ God. Learn more about him and his work…

NAW Interview with Karan Bajaj

Karan Bajaj is the #1 bestselling author of Keep off the Grass (2008) and Johnny Gone Down (2010). He was selected among India Today’s 35 Under 35 Indians and nominated for the Crossword Book of the Year, Indiaplaza Golden Quill and Teacher’s Indian Achievers (Arts)…

NAW Interview with Debashish Irengbam

Debashish Irengbam

Debashish Irengbam is a Mumbai based screenwriter. He has written scripts for shows that were aired on MTV and Star TV. Me, Mia, Multiple is his debut work. NAW- Tell us about your book, Me, Mia and Multiple. How did…

NAW Interview with Vikram Balagopal

Vikram Balagopal

Vikram Balagopal, an author, a filmmaker, a published poet, illustrator and cartoonist in magazines, was born in 1984 in the town of Quilon in Kerala, India. Coming from a family of serious readers, Vikram got introduced to reading early in…

NAW Interview with Julia Regal Singh

Julia Regal Singh

Julia Regul Singh worked as an urban planner and urban designer in Germany and the US before turning to writing. She holds a Bachelor of Geography from the University of Bayreuth (Germany) and has a master’s degree in Urban Planning…

NAW Interview with Tanmay Dubey

Tanmay Dubey

An IT professional based in Gurgaon, Tanmay Dubey is a voracious reader and an avid storyteller. In a career spanning more than ten years, he has been fascinated by several aspects of the corporate world and this book is a…

NAW Interview with Shubha Menon

Shubha Menon

Shubha Menon is a copywriter and is currently working for a leading advertising agency. A self-confessed workshop junkie, she has been known to attend weekend lessons on chakra healing, screenplay writing, film appreciation and thumri singing, among others. She is…

NAW Interview with Khalid Muhammad

Khalid Muhammad

By day, Khalid Muhammad is a mild-mannered business executive keeping busy running a marketing and brand management company. By night, his alter ego emerges; one that has a penchant for sadistic retribution towards those who wrong others, and that spends…

NAW Interview with Madhuri Blaylock

Madhuri Blaylock

Madhuri Blaylock is an Indian girl everyone thinks is Black, or Spanish, or Black and Spanish. She’s from down South, has lived in the New York City area for more than twenty years, and is proof that your can take the…

NAW Interview with Erica Kiefer

Erica Kiefer grew up living abroad in Asia, including Taiwan, Fiji, Thailand and Indonesia. She gained a great respect for the beautiful mosaic of cultures found in various parts of the world. After graduating from International School Bangkok, she attended…