Author Count: 2

I am slowly but surely edging into into the Celebrity Circuit.

About a month or two back, a friend published her first book of poems and that too, by the Sahitya Akademi - no less! When I met her after the Delhi launch, I was too tongue-tied to ask her even if it was the same Akademi, which awards Vikram Seth and Anita Desai every now and then. Considering that Mr Seth was also awarded for a book of poems, she is obviously in august company.

Now, another ex-colleague has published his first book. When he told me about this about a year back, I assumed that he is going the Chetan Bhagat route of lad lit and would come up with a tale of a MBA who sells soap in Bihar (which he did)! Evidently, I had underestimated him. He is actually going the Deepak Chopra way.
A self-help book for the 'Dil Chahta Hai' Generation (as he calls it) is fantastically priced and is likely to be available everywhere you would hope to find it. He is a FMCG marketer, after all!

So, I know two authors and very soon, I will be standing next to them at an art exhibition, holding a glass of white wine and talking about our long association.
Actually, I know one more celebrity who is big enough to have been attacked, her site vandalised and sent into hiding temporarily! But I cannot name her. As it is, more people come here looking for her than for me!

Comments

Space Bar said…
if you're talking celebrity circuit, how could you leave out all the celebs you've had wine and cheese with in hyderabad?!
Diligent Candy said…
:) made my day ...

for me you are the celebrity - sitting in a living room in holland 3 indians quote from your blog and then sigh ...clink their wine glasses and toast the memories...

aur kya chaiya... you are already there, not as a bystander but a member...
Anonymous said…
its nice to know that she has gone into hiding temporarily. though i wanted u to know something which might make u feel glad...i chked out her blog from urs.I came across ur blog while searching for bollywood trivia nd sometime later from ur blog i started visiting hers too... :)
Anonymous said…
nice warm n witty :)
Absolute fun-tastic morning for me...you are so hilarious!!! I absolutely come to read you. Your sense of humor is so fun and your sarcasm is so harmless. I am sure the celebrities are the happy lucky ones to have you as a friend.
the mad momma said…
sharrup Dipta..I'll poison your wine on the 31st.

@spacebar: oh God! Those were fun days - wine and cheese with hyd's page 3s!
Anonymous said…
and by the way - i didnt go into hiding at all! I moved to my own domain and it flopped because i dont know how to work it!!
Anonymous said…
Hey,

A friend of mine mailed me this post of yours:
http://india-smiles-contest.sulekha.com/blog/post/2005/03/24-frames-per-second-diptakirti-chaudhuri.htm

It amazes me to even imagine how you can manage to write like this...It's mind-blowing, hilarious, tougue-in-cheek all rolled into one...

Reviews of Khoya Khoya Chand & Taare Zameen Par awaited.

Cheers,
PK