‘Farside’: A sister finds her brother dead. Then the possibility of a murder unravels

An excerpt from ‘Farside: Everybody Has Another Side’, by Jaishankar Krishnamurthy and Krishna Udayasankar.

Jaishankar Krishnamurthy

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Krishna Udayasankar

· Dec 29, 2021 · 05:30 pm

This novel imagines the life of Krishna before he became the master strategist of the Mahabharata

An excerpt from ‘The Cowherd Prince’, by Krishna Udayasankar, the ‘prequel’ to her Aryavarta series of novels.

Krishna Udayasankar

· Oct 27, 2020 · 08:30 am

In this novel, something big enough to bite a human head off at one go is on the loose in Mumbai

Three gruesome murders sets detective Aditi Kashyap on the trail of werelions in Krishna Udaysankar’s fantasy crime novel ‘The Beast’.

Krishna Udaysankar

· Mar 20, 2019 · 08:30 am

Why Twitter (and not the editor) is a writer’s best friend

The more writers tweet, the better the world will be to live in.

Krishna Udaysankar

· Dec 03, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Why this author just hates the fiction writing orgy known as #NaNoWriMo

Not many literary pursuits can name and shame a writer like this one can.

Krishna Udaysankar

· Nov 06, 2016 · 10:30 am

Fantasy fiction: What if the immortal Asvathhama had to face modern gun-toting mercenaries?

A new novel reinvents the cursed figure from the Mahabharata as today’s Professor Bharadvaj.

Krishna Udaysankar

· Nov 01, 2016 · 08:30 am

What Sun Tzu can teach us about how to attend a book launch

It’s the cake, stupid.

Krishna Udaysankar

· Oct 02, 2016 · 12:30 pm

A response to author Lionel Shriver’s controversial speech: Is cultural appropriation a passing fad?

Is a writer (not) allowed to write about other people’s lives, especially if her own is dull?

Krishna Udaysankar

· Sep 17, 2016 · 10:30 am

First read: Where the story of Singapore all began

An excerpt from a novel based on the founding legend of the island state.

Krishna Udaysankar

· Oct 18, 2015 · 02:30 pm

How to turn mythology into hot-selling fiction

If you must jump on the bandwagon, here are a few rules you might consider following.

Krishna Udaysankar

· Feb 04, 2015 · 05:30 am

How to write a modern-day Mahabharata

The author of a series that places myths within the constraints of the contemporary world explains how she does it.

Krishna Udaysankar

· Jan 05, 2015 · 04:30 am