Ganga Bharani Vasudevan (also known as Ganga Bharani) is an Indian blogger-turned-writer.[1] She is the author of the books Just You, Me and A Secret (2012), A Minute to Death (2015), A Sip of Love and a Sip of Coffee (2016) and Murder In The Elevator (2018).
Biography
As a child, Ganga was encouraged by her father to read newspaper opinion pieces and to write.[2] She began contributing opinion articles to Your Opinion Matters on NXGN at the age of 15.[2][1] She also started blogging in 2006, starting with material that was not accepted by newspapers.[2][3][1] After about five years, she started writing short stories and became interested in writing a book.[1] She wrote the first chapters of her first book on her blog.[4][2] After many rejections from publishers, she was contacted by a publisher about writing a book.[1][2]
She has won a variety of contests for her blogging, and was shortlisted for the UK Blog Awards in 2015.[2] One of her short stories has been made into the short film Bhimbam.[2] Two of her short films, Tiny Steps and Candles, won awards at the WE CARE Film Festival.[2]
Ganga is also a technical analyst.[5][3][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Wish to pen a book? Make a splash with blogging. The Indian Express(September 8, 2015). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Words, lines and thoughts. The Hindu(August 16, 2017). Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 No desk job can keep them from their passion: writing. The Hindu(May 13, 2016). Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ↑ Blog! It may win you a book contract. The Hindu(July 8, 2015). Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ↑ Sharing a secret. The Hindu(May 21, 2016). Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ↑ ‘I love playing guessing games with readers’. Deccan Chronicle(July 29, 2015). Retrieved 30 December 2017.