International webinar 11 - DANGLING GANDHI

International Webinar series part 11
STORY: My Mother Is A Feminist
SPEAKER/REVIEWER 1
Sriram currently resides in Apex, North Carolina, USA along with his wife, Ranjani and their 5 month-old son Ridham. He works as a Lead IT Consultant for a SAP Software Consulting company and although most of his work is remote, he does travel from time to time.
He was born in Coimbatore, India but did most of his schooling, along with his elder sister, Shalini, in the Gulf, specifically in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE, and from there, they moved back to Coimbatore to complete his higher secondary education and under graduation.
He migrated to the United States almost 15 years ago, to do his Master’s degree and has lived in various states like California, Indiana and now North Carolina. Throughout his childhood and until now, he has always been a voracious reader. Having started the reading habit fairly early, he reads as much as he can get his hands on and it has helped that his sister, cousins and those around him also read quite a bit. Some of his favourite childhood authors were Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, JK Rowling and Agatha Christie and his preferred genre of books are typically Mystery, Suspense and Thrillers that are well-written and preferably page-turners!
Sriram is also a big foodie and manages a Vegetarian Food Instagram account with his wife, posting yummy recipes and interesting restaurants that they visit.
SPEAKER/REVIEWER 2
An MBA from the Indian School of Business, Subhashini Prasad quit her banking job to pursue her passion for writing. Her first book, Not Really Indian, is a collection of ten short stories about women who have lived in India and abroad. It ranked among Amazon’s 50 Bestsellers in the first month of release and has over 100 reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. Outlook India and The Statesman named the collection as a must-read anthology for 2021. Recently, Deccan Herald named her among 10 personalities to have ventured into a field unknown to them. She has spearheaded #womenforwomen on her Instagram page @itsmesubhashini. Subhashini currently lives in London with her husband and two children. In her spare time, she loves dancing and doing yoga. Her second book, a love story, will be published by Locksley Hall Publishers towards the end of 2023.
The book: DANGLING GANDHI
Book link
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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