Sunday, July 27, 2008

Two Mixed Reviews

Hi Folks
This week saw two reviews of the recently-launched Urban Voice 3. Nothing much to talk home about, but I thought I will share them with you, patrons, as criticism is what makes one grow, not just bouquets.
So here they go:

Bombay book
This fortnight's addition to our shelves.
Frog Books' Urban Voice 3 features new writing from Mumbai. The opening piece, by Monideepa Sahu, is about an auto ride and there are pieces about riding the train, buying a train ticket and about the pedestrian subway outside Churchgate railway station. The series' editor Sunil K Poolani says it aims to be a "platform for thinkers to capture 'next-in-line' trends and go beyond."
(Frog Books; Rs 195)
-- Time Out Mumbai, 25 July 2008

Urban voice 3: Bombay (Frog, Rs 195) brings together “writings from and on Bombay”. There are short stories, poems and even the odd interview, but they have nothing new to offer, save clichéd themes depicting this bustling metropolis. Thus, we encounter (again!) tales about Bombay’s resilience after the bomb blasts, the warmth of its people, Bollywood, and so on. Vimla Patil’s “Magical memories”, surprisingly, touches a chord, with its earnest longing for a world made of tile-roofed houses, old temples and curative herbs that is now lost forever.
-- The Telegraph, 25 July 2008

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Urban Voice 3: Bombay is out

Dear Friends, City Cousins and Romans,
Urban Voice
is finally out (am I hearing the applause!?). As you of course now the focus is on Bombay
one of the most vivacious cities of the world. Writings on and from Bombay.
The contributors include:
Ranjona Banerji, Jane Bhandari, Derek Bose, Pratik Chowdhury, Atin Dasgupta, Rosalyn D’mello, Fiona Fernandez, Reshma Ghosh, Aijaz Gul, Dan Husain, Abha Iyengar, Radhika Iyengar, Lajwanti S Khemlani, Ramendra Kumar, Freny Manecksha, Abhinav Maurya, Rajendar Menen, Vimla Patil, Sunil K Poolani, Anjali Purohit, Joy C Raphael, Dilip Raote, Monideepa Sahu, Murzban F Shroff, Riah Terri and Salil Tripathi.
And there are interviews with Sudeep Sen and Naresh Fernandes.
So, folks, need your support to make this issue, and the coming ones too, a success.
Will keep you posted.
Best
Sunil K Poolani (poolani@gmail.com)

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Urban Voice Cover


Dear Romans, friends, and country cousins, Urban Voice is coming out soon.
Sample the cover. Best