Writing
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Villainy is fascinating. As a writer, it is also one of the biggest challenges I’ve ever faced. Not much of my short stories and first two novels have real villains, per se. I’m one of those writers who pen stories that revolve around Situational Villainy. Which means, the villains in most of my stories aren’t usually
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The last few weeks have been insanely hectic. However, amidst all the craziness, I managed to notice that a small walk in the campus can serve as the best de-stressing therapy. And While I was walking one such walks, someone asked me this question: “What DO you want, Bala?” The question caught me off-gaurd. It
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![Day 01, Bride of the Battalions. [BoB]](https://balakarthiga.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wp_20150109_004.jpg?w=1024)
It’s been a very depressing week. It’s been more than a month since I’ve finished the first draft of my novel and things have got a lot complicated since. It’s not fear, doubt and failure that’s depressing me, but rather the lack of motivation, butchering of the spirit, and the ill treatment of my manuscript
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It hardly feels like summer here in Madurai. There’s this continuous rain that’s lashing against my windows, and it’s absolutely quiet. I see flashes of thunder and lightening at a distance. What’s more, I feel much more relaxed than I did all week, because I’m done with one of my exams and I now have




![Day 23, Snails and Regrets. [BoB]](https://balakarthiga.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lily.jpg?w=580)