Category: Indian Fiction

The Novel, Novella or Short Story?

Published May 25, 2017 by lrsharma

The Novel, Novella or Short Story? A novel is clearly a much more complete story than either a novella or a short story can ever…

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Award of Excellence

Published January 30, 2017 by lrsharma

Award of Excellence It is wonderful to get an award from the university for which you work. I felt really great when the University…

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My Experiences as a Writer

Published December 27, 2016 by lrsharma

My Experiences as a Writer I don’t know whether what I experience as a writer is what other writers experience as well. But I want…

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Literary Fiction at Christmas

Published December 20, 2016 by lrsharma

Literary Fiction at Christmas Christmas can rejuvenate you. It is a time when you think of the Lord, about the family, and about the spirit.…

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Visiting Oneself

Published December 12, 2016 by lrsharma

Visiting Oneself

Visiting Oneself Writing is a calling that invites one to keep visiting oneself; to keep in touch with one’s inner being. Most people in society…

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Reading to Overcome

Published December 8, 2016 by lrsharma

Reading to overcome There was a time when one went to the Gita, the Ramayana, the Bible or another religious text with faith that it…

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The Tailor’s Needle has everything that makes a great film

Published October 8, 2016 by lrsharma

The Tailor’s Needle has everything that makes a great film I began my writing career as a dramatist. Each year I was asked to write…

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Celebrate Arundhati Roy’s Second Novel

Published October 4, 2016 by lrsharma

Celebrate Arundhati Roy’s Second Novel. There is cause for celebration because after a gap of twenty years Arundhati Roy’s second novel, The Ministry of…

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A Point About Narrators

Published September 21, 2016 by lrsharma

https://www.amazon.com/Marriages-Made-India-Lakshmi-Sharma-ebook/dp/B0085COD1W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474426201&sr=8-1&keywords=marriages+are+Made+in+India A Point about Narrators For a novelist like me, a narrator is a subject of vital importance. Even though I am not one…

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Videos of the Book Launch of INTRIGUING WOMEN

Published August 25, 2016 by lrsharma

Videos of the Book Launch of INTRIGUING WOMEN https://www.amazon.com/Intriguing-Women-Lakshmi-Raj-Sharma/dp/1530310768/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472104388&sr=8-1&keywords=intriguing+women https://www.amazon.in/Intriguing-Women-Lakshmi-Raj-Sharma-ebook/dp/B01CBJCUNC?ie=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr= The book launch for my short story collection, INTRIGUING WOMEN happened in the…

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