Tweet It’s been two years since my first book got published. It was a dream I had seen, to get published, to see my name on book shelves, to be able to tell a story I wanted to share, to reach out to the world and, ahem, to be famous. It didn’t take much...
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Tags: Amreekandesi, being an indian writer, book reviewers, Democrazy, indian publishing industry
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An account of the Amreekandesi-Masters of America book launch in Mumbai on 29 June 2013. The book was released by actor, activist and former Miss India Gul Panag.
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Tags: Amreekandesi, Atulya Mahajan, Book Launch, Crossword, Gul Panag, Kemps Corner, MastersOfAmerica, mumbai
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Tweet Alright people, it’s here. IT IS HERE. ‘Amreekandesi - Masters of America‘ hits the stores in a week. The official release date is 6 May. Here is the cover. *Drumroll* It’s a dream coming true. I started writing the book in December 2010, but made real progress only in 2012, when it went...
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Tags: Adventures of Akhil and Jassi, Amreekandesi, Amreekandesi - Masters of America, Book, indians abroad, Satire
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Tweet I realize i haven’t written anything on the blog for over a month, but it is with good reason. I have finally made progress on my dream project, which was an idea fostering in my mind ever since i started writing 5 years ago, with a blog tagline that went ‘Stories from America’....
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Tags: ABCD, Amreekandesi, Book writing, FOB
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Tweet So 2010 ends today. As is the custom around this time of the year i must close accounts, which in blog terms translates into an annual roundup. The Twitter roundup is already done. This one is for the blog. Blogging was erratic over the year, going in fits and starts depending on work schedules....
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Tags: Amreekandesi, annual review, best posts of the year
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Tweet Have you ever been peed upon, shitted upon, kicked, and punched…all at the same time? This is part of my routine now. And it’s awesome. Yes, my little one loves me. The best thing that ever happened to me. My own little bundle of joy. I am a dad. Say hi to AD Jr. He...
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Tags: Amreekandesi, amreekandesi-junior, faherhood, Personal
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Tweet Folks, i am still in India and i am also still alive. So far i have not gotten into any road rage related incident, and neither have i got injured in a police lathi charge. Apologies for the long silence on this site. A lot has been happening, and overall i am very...
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Tags: Amreekandesi, delhi, return to india
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Tweet It’s time to start a new chapter in life So after all these years Lets go to India, i said to the wife. In America there’s many a whistle and bell But something’s missing I cant even curse in the language i know so well. India is nice. India is great To get...
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Tags: America, Amreekandesi, India, indians returning to India, non resident indian, NRI
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Tweet So yeah…i have been thinking about doing this for a long time. About Time. Diwali would be an auspicious enough occasion to get back to writing. So, Happy Diwali dearest readers, and i am back. Take care, enjoy good health, have a happy and satisfied life, and i will talk more about me...
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Tweet Now that amreekandesi has a new address, it was just fitting that we had a new symbol. For those who noticed the new header image on the page, here’s more comments/thoughts about it. About the Header We would keep cycling the image to capture new ideas/events as and when they happen. As always,...
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Tweet amreekandesi.com is up and running now. I am still trying to iron out some glitches. I was able to import my older posts from wordpress, but the youtube links are messed up; images are pointing to the wordpress links; having some issues with the new theme… But this is so much fun. I...
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