International webinar 05 - DANGLING GANDHI

International Webinar series part 5
STORY: The Peasant Girl
SPEAKER/REVIEWER 1
Megha is a dentist by profession and an author. She has self published a book of short stories titled ' by two coffee and other stories brewed in Bangalore.' She enjoys reading and travelling.
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SPEAKER/REVIEWER 2
Indian poet, fiction writer and reviewer P.Muralidharan’s collection of short stories 'Draupadi’s only partner’ and his novel 'Boomerang' stand out in form and content and creativity. He has been nominated for the ‘inspiring author’ award by ‘theindianawaz’ for 2021. He is an active member of many global literary societies, and a poetry/book reviewer. His poems have been published by many literary magazines and websites all over the world. He has translated two books including Shashi Tharoor’s ‘Why I am Hindu' into Tamil. His blogs, mostly in-depth poetry reviews have won the appreciation poets across the world.
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The book: DANGLING GANDHI
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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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