Book Reviews of Folded Away Softly that Stole my Heart
Book Reviews of Folded Away Softly that Stole my Heart Here is a book review of Folded Away Softly by a long-time friend, Prof Belinda Lopez:Folded Away Softly is a beautiful and thoughtful collection of poems that gently unfolds layers of memory, emotion, and lived experience, much like the careful opening of something long and […]
Mayur Kalbag on Aghori 3, Chanting, and His Author Journey
Mayur Kalbag on Aghori 3, Chanting in the Boardroom, and His Author Journey Welcome back to Author’s Journey, the author interview series where I sit down with writers about how their books actually came to be. I’m Mangal D Karnad, author of Folded Away Softly and Malli and the Mulki Stories — and this time, […]
In Conversation with Sneha Khanwelkar: An Author’s Journey
In Conversation with Sneha Khanwelkar: An Author’s Journey Welcome to Author’s Journey, a new interview series on this site where I talk with writers about how their books actually came to be: the false starts, the discipline, the doubts, and the moments that made it real. I’m Mangal D Karnad, author of Folded Away Softly […]
Readers’ Views About Malli Stories from Mulki, Karnataka
Readers’ Views About Malli Stories from Mulki, Karnataka Over the past few weeks, I have received varied responses from readers of Malli and the Mulki Stories. Some wrote after reading a few chapters. Some responded to particular stories. Some spoke about Mulki, and many others spoke about their own childhood memories. When I began writing […]
Folded Away Softly: Short Poems in English About Life, Memory, and Quiet Moments
Folded Away Softly: Short Poems in English About Life, Memory, and Quiet Moments Some pieces of writing stay with you quietly for years. They are written, set aside, revisited, and sometimes forgotten, only to return again when something urges to be expressed. For me, the poetry in Folded Away Softly, many of them short poems […]
How a Brand Narrative Is Built (And Why Some Stories Stay With Us)
How a Brand Narrative Is Built (And Why Some Stories Stay With Us) A brand narrative connects the founder’s intent with the customer’s reality. It is what people recognise, remember, and repeat. There are some brands you remember without trying. It is not effort but something persistent that makes them distinctive. You may not recall […]
Memory and Loss of a Child: What the World Forgets After a School Shooting
Memory and Loss of a Child: What the World Forgets After a School Shooting Memory is rarely passive. For most of us, it arrives on its own unbidden, involuntary, catching us off guard. But for those who have experienced the memory and loss of a child, remembering becomes something else entirely: an act of will, […]
My Story Writing Process – Preserving My Childhood Memories
My Story Writing Process – Preserving My Childhood Memories Over the past few years, friends and acquaintances have often asked me how, or even why, I began writing the Malli stories. Some of them ask what the story writing process I follow is, whether I simply sit down, remember something from childhood, and write it […]
Brand Storytelling: Founders’ Values Shaping Businesses
Brand Storytelling: Founders’ Values Shaping Businesses In business, products change, markets shift, and technologies evolve. What tends to remain constant is something less visible: the founder’s original intent. When that intent is clearly expressed and consistently carried forward, it becomes the foundation of brand storytelling. Adopting storytelling as continuity, a way of ensuring that what […]
Why Children’s Story Books Still Matter
Why Children’s Story Books Still Matter How Stories Shape Learning, Empathy, and a Child’s Inner World Most of us remember a story from childhood long after we forget lessons, rules, or instructions. It might be a bedtime story read softly under a blanket.A short tale told by a grandparent, half-remembered but deeply felt.A book borrowed […]