International webinar 1 - DANGLING GANDHI

International Webinar series DANGLING GANDHI -part 1
Short Story: DID CHURCHILL KNOW?
SPEAKER/REVIEWER 1
Shalini Sridhar has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Master's degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Her career has been diverse, including clinical research coordinator for Phase 1 & 2 clinical trials, Hotline Volunteer advocate for a Women's shelter and web developer for software companies.
Currently, Shalini is working as a freelance design consultant for various organizations and individuals. She specializes in creating digital designs, videos, websites and other creative items for social media marketing. Additionally, she is actively volunteering with a non-profit organization in a program called Happy Reading to help children from lower socio-economic backgrounds improve their English language skills.
Outside of work and volunteering, Shalini is passionate about food, travel, and reading. She enjoys cosying up with a good book any day of the week.
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SPEAKER/REVIEWER 2
Natasha Sharma is a developer who moonlights as a writer. Always a voracious consumer of written words since her childhood, she is never without a physical book or a Kindle by her side. A true-blue feminist, she is passionate about creating awareness of gender inequality and other social issues. At the same time, her work displays a characteristic streak of cleverness and wit. Natasha lives in Pune with her husband and daughter, and their furry friend, Biscuit, a Labrador Retriever. Email: [e-mail]
The book: DANGLING GANDHI
AUTHOR
When Will You Die? Jayanthi Sankar’s fourth book, a novella captivates her readers through is explorations of the human psyche. Tabula Rasa her third book, and the second novel was a 2022 NYC Big Book Award ‘Distinguished Favourite’ in the category of Historical Fiction and an ‘honourable mention’ in San Francisco book fest award 2022. She has been in several international panels of literary festivals such as APWT 2018 at Gold coast, Singapore Writers Festival, Seemanchal International Literary festival, Asean- India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Writers Festival. Misplaced Heads, was on the Eyelands Book Awards 2020 final list of historical fiction in Greece, making its mark as an outstanding postmodern historical fiction. The winner in fiction: short story in 2020 International Book Award -American book fest ‘Dangling Gandhi’ also won the international The Literary Titan award apart from several shortlists and nominations. The title story Dangling Gandhi shortlisted in the 2nd Twist & Twain International Short Story Contest out of the 165 worldwide entries.
A watercolour hobbyist, she’s been a freelancer for more than two decades, with three years of experience in journalism. Born and brought up in India, she lives in Singapore since 1990. She is a full time on-site Interpreter with the Ministry of Manpower.
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Website: www.jayanthisankar.com
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