by Qaisra Shahraz | Feb 17, 2015 | Events & News, India 2015, Tours, Travels
Now arrived in Delhi. Tired, but looking forward to my stay here, and meeting up with three wonderful and lovely women — my publisher Neeta, translator sister Zakia Zaheer, and sister Syeda Hameed, a very well-known politician and, flatteringly, now also a fan. My...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Feb 17, 2015 | Events & News, India 2015, Tours, Travels
One of the major highlights of my visit to Kolkata was discovering Rabindranth Tagore, the Bengali literary giant and Nobel prize winner — the pride of India and Kolkata. An international writer, author of the famous Gitangeli ( which won him the coveted prize), a...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Feb 16, 2015 | Events & News, India 2015, Tours
Dear friends, sharing my literary journey of India. Lucknow Literature festival, held at the fantastic Scientific Convention Centre. I had two sessions yesterday, and one was a panel on the topic of Gender and Education. I thoroughly enjoyed the...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Feb 11, 2015 | Events & News, India 2015, Travels
I have left the marvellous city of Kolkata, and said goodbye to my great hosts. Just sharing a picture from a book launch of one of the Indian writers at the Fair.
by Qaisra Shahraz | Feb 10, 2015 | Events & News, India 2015, Tours
Knowledge is Great was the central theme, and Britain was the theme country at the 39th Kolkata Book Fair, bringing alive the works of William Shakespeare and Dylan Thomas in celebration of their 451st and 100th anniversaries, respectively. The three-day Kolkata...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Feb 9, 2015 | Events & News, India 2015, Tours, Travels
Aspiring young writers and bloggers at the Kolkata Literature Festival and International Book Fair had an informal master class with me after my session, Fiction Writing in the Time of Facebook.
