An Interview with Author Lucie Novak Lucie Novak ( pen name), a practising GP, has written her first novel ‘A Woman with (No) Strings Attached’. She was kind enough to take time out from her busy schedule to enlighten my audience about her latest book. Her answers are incisive and erudite. Over to Lucie Novak: What made you want to write your latest book ‘A Woman … [Read more...] about An Interview with Author Lucie Novak by Fiza Pathan
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The Hijra Whom I Love by Fiza Pathan
The Hijra Whom I LoveMy friend Danny Roe is dying and I’m sitting here in my house at this time in the night writing a post for my blog, acting like nothing has happened…but something has happened…Danny Roe is dying from blood cancer (ALL) and I think a part of me is going to die with him.Danny Roe guest blogged for me some days ago when he was in the cancer hospital getting a … [Read more...] about The Hijra Whom I Love by Fiza Pathan
Born To Read by Fiza Pathan
Born To Read This June, I opened up my very own circulating library for children, teenagers and young adults called Born to Read. By the grace of God it is doing well and I’ve converted all (and when I say all I really mean ‘all’) my students into readers. The idea of opening a library in my tuition house came to me last year in October and from that moment, I have been … [Read more...] about Born To Read by Fiza Pathan
The Sangeeta Library
The Sangeeta LibraryMy name is Danny Roe and I am a eunuch or what we are better known as in India──a Hijra. However, I’m very different from the regular eunuchs of India who beg on the streets and at times enter into prostitution to earn a living. I work on my own. I’m a Hijra who owns a library which deals in second hand books. Therefore one can certainly say that I am a … [Read more...] about The Sangeeta Library
‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain?’ by Fiza Pathan
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? June was parched with a dry throat in many a place in India this year. Word was going around that we would not receive the cool blessings of a thunder shower…but the rain gods have been merciful to our farmers and today saw the advent of rain showers with grey skies, colourful umbrellas, drenched school children heading towards the buses … [Read more...] about ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain?’ by Fiza Pathan