Thirty-one budding writers get a platform with Write India Book 2

Team L&M

With the launch of Write India Book 2, penned by 31 budding writers, the second season of Write India had a fitting finale at Times Lit Fest Delhi on December 2, 2018. The book launch, at the country’s biggest writing platform, saw the felicitation of top 10 winners by authors Manu Joseph, Amish Tripathi and Anand Neelakantan. One of the winning stories was enacted by theatre group, Akshara Theatre.

“I was associated with Season 1 of Write India. It is a delight to see it gain strength. I have read some of the stories of Season 2. They are fantastic. I would like to congratulate Times of India for building a platform for encouraging Indian writers,” shared Amish Tripathi, author of the Shiva trilogy and the Ramchandra series.

The second season of Write India witnessed participation from authors like Anand Neelakantan, Ruskin Bond, Jeffrey Archer, Sudha Murty, Shobhaa De, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Twinkle Khanna, Nikita Singh, Namita Gokhale and Manu Joseph. These authors challenged thousands of aspiring writers to churn out the best of their writings and the participants did not disappoint.

Manu Joseph, author of Serious Men and Miss Laila, Armed & Dangerous, said, “I like the fact this contest does not try to define what is good writing it tries to establish the boundaries of the contest through the profile of the writer who is judging the contest. I think  in that sense this is very unique.”

Write India is the country’s largest writing platform, conceptualised and launched in 2015. It has witnessed participation from 21 celebrated writers. Between the two seasons, the platform received an astonishing 50,000 stories across various genres including thrillers, romance, mythology and tragedy.

Speaking on the occasion of book launch, Vinita Nangia, director, Write India, said, “Write India has been an amazing and very satisfying journey over the last three years. The Times of India has associated with some of the country’s best authors who have generously written unique passages, gone through stories to select winners and also shared tips and advice with participants. The contest has unearthed some unique talent and not only given a platform to first time authors but also changed lives for many who have found a voice through this channel.”