Following the positive response to both the American and Indian editions of his book, Conversations, author Rajeev Nanda thought it prudent (read wise) to revisit the successful topic; with a slight difference. To plan for the next edition, he would like to reach out to the ever-so-chatty blogosphere to hear the conversations the world is having.
If you, or anyone you know, have experienced a life-altering conversation with someone (a parent, a sibling, a friend, a child, a teacher, a stranger, a spouse, a colleague, a…you get the idea) this shout here goes out to you. If you are the introvert sorts and find it easier to talk to a mirror, a pet, a pole (without the assistance of mood-altering substances, naturally) or the walls in your room, and have found positive resonance, you qualify to participate and share as well. If you came away from that tete-a-tete with an emotional, or humorous, or informative exchange that turned your perspective on its head, Rajeev would like to hear about it.
The best five entries will receive a personally signed copy of his book Conversations, and may also get a shot at being included in his planned next edition. Those interested may e-mail him their articles (between 500-1000 words) at conversations.book@gmail.com. This contest will end by Nov 30th, 2011 and the winners will be notified soon thereafter.
Puneetinder Kaur Sidhu, travel enthusiast and the author of Adrift: A junket junkie in Europe is the youngest of four siblings born into an aristocratic family of Punjab. Dogged in her resistance to conform, and with parental pressure easing sufficiently over the years, she had plenty of freedom of choice. And she chose travel.
She was born in Shimla, and spent her formative years at their home, Windsor Terrace, in Kasumpti while schooling at Convent of Jesus & Mary, Chelsea. The irrepressible wanderlust in her found her changing vocations midstream and she joined Singapore International Airlines to give wing to her passion. She has travelled extensively in Asia, North America, Australia, Europe, South Africa and SE Asia; simultaneously exploring the charms within India.
When she is not travelling, she is writing about it. Over the past decade or so, she has created an impressive writing repertoire for herself: as a columnist with Hindustan Times, as a book reviewer for The Tribune and as a contributor to travel magazines in India and overseas. Her work-in-progress, the documenting of colonial heritage along the Old Hindustan-Tibet Road, is an outcome of her long-standing romance with the Himalayas.
