Anju Gattani, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/anju/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 11:10:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Authors Interviewing Characters: Anju Gattani interviews RAKESH from DYNASTIES https://booksbywomen.org/authors-interviewing-characters-anju-gattani/ https://booksbywomen.org/authors-interviewing-characters-anju-gattani/#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2023 07:58:12 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=32829 Anju Gattani interviews Rakesh from DYNASTIES “An enticing Downton Abbey-style saga, but set in India!” Barbara Bos, Managing Editor www.booksbywomen.org About DYNASTIES Sheetal Prasad, a glamorous, twenty-two-year-old oil painter, is the envy of Raigun, India. Her homeland, now modern and global, at last allows women to marry for love, and Sheetal is determined to wed […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/second-chances-by-by-anju-gattani/feed/ 2 29610 Duty and Desire – A Tale of Modern India https://booksbywomen.org/duty-and-desire-a-tale-of-modern-india-by-anju-gattani/ https://booksbywomen.org/duty-and-desire-a-tale-of-modern-india-by-anju-gattani/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:10:55 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=7864 What can I tell you about my debut novel, Duty and Desire, the first in my Winds of Fire series, that would intrigue you? It was a 9 year journey to finish Duty and Desire. I began writing the original draft in 2002, shortly after we moved from Singapore to New Jersey, USA. My kids […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/duty-and-desire-a-tale-of-modern-india-by-anju-gattani/feed/ 4 7864 Fitting in a Genre https://booksbywomen.org/fitting-in-a-genre-by-anju-gattani/ https://booksbywomen.org/fitting-in-a-genre-by-anju-gattani/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:09:32 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=6740 Shortly after completing the original draft of Duty and Desire, I learned that all novels had to fit in a genre. Multicultural was the in-word at the time and it appeared to “fit” my work. But when I asked myself if my characters were multicultural, the answer was no. They were characters whose opinions, values, beliefs, […]

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