Congrats, Kiran!

If you have nt heard already, the fantastic blogger and a good friend (ahem!), Kiran Manral is out with her first book, The Reluctant Detective! Im sure whoever reads her blog knew it was coming since she is a wonderful, wonderful writer.

To learn more about the book, visit Kiran's brand new website http://www.thereluctantdetectivebook.blogspot.com/

You can buy the book from Flipkart here.

I love the cover and I cant wait to get my hands on it. Wishing you all things wonderful, Kiran!

Karadi Tales Twitter Contest.

Karadi Tales is all set to give away exciting prizes to 10 winners in the next 10 days! For details, go here - http://karaditales.com/FormBlogDiscussion.aspx?BlogTitleId=4

I ve copied the details from the link below:

Do you have a story to tell? Can you tell your story in 6 words and under
140 characters? Intrigued? Read on!

Everyday, from November 4 to 13, Karadi Tales will post a new theme on
Twitter, inviting everyone to contribute with their 6 word stories based on it.
We will declare the best entry the next day and the winner will win
himself/herself a gift hamper containing an assortment of Amar Chitra Katha
collections and Charkha audio-books.

Inspired by www.sixwordstories.net,
we tried this idea within our organization.
We gave ourselves the theme:
Karadi Tales tagline
Our winning entry: Surrogate Grandmother. Stories on
compact disc.
Our winner: Shobha Viswanath! :)

Get the idea? Geared
up for 2 weeks of fun? Here’s what you need to do:
Step one: Follow us on
Twitter (twitter.com/karaditales)
Step two: Check out the theme of the day
Step three: Reply to the tweet with your 6 word story

It’s going to
be a whole lot of fun! We promise we’ll be completely fair in judging the best
entry.

Will You Tweet With Us?

PS Spread the word! Get
your friends and family to participate!

PS Is anyone wondering why we
are doing this? It shall be revealed on November 14!

Please note: We
don't have the budget to ship prizes overseas .. so if any winner lives outside
India, we can either ship his/her prize to an address in India or offer him/her
our downloadable products!

The one with the fake mommy blogger.

I solemnly swear that I am a mom of two little girls. Trust me, ok? And now go read this bit of news about a blogger mom who faked her babys death (are you sitting down for this?) to get hits in her blog!

Twenty-six-year-old Beccah Beushausen had captivated readers with her story of a single mother facing a difficult pregnancy. Her blog, Little One April, drew thousands of readers, who offered prayers and support and help. On June 7, when she posted about her baby's birth and subsequent death hours later, her site had nearly a million hits.

But when Beushausen posted a photo of Baby April, readers got suspicious -- the baby wasn't a baby at all, but a Reborn doll, a baby doll made to look exactly like a newborn. And that's when Beushausen's story began to unravel.

Read Beccahs apology here: http://littleoneapril.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-am-sorry_14.html

I dont know whether to feel sorry for her or angry. But the tonnes of people who followed her blog - how betrayed they must feel! No one likes to be screwed, especially emotionally! What is this world coming to, huh? Above is a picture of a similar Reborn doll like the one Beccah used in her blog. Can someone get it for me, pretty please? I would like to shock my mom the next time she visits me! ;)

Link via DDMom.

Congratulations, Parul!

Its exciting that a blogger whos linked here in the sidebar and who I read regularly is out with her debut novel. Congratulations, Parul! We are proud of you!

Check out her announcement.
"Oh my god, oh my god, I screamed (silently, remember Adi was sleeping) and then, oh my god, oh my god for effect. I followed it up with some oh my god, oh my god for good measure and then stood up and jumped up and down several times. I then proceeded to run from one end of the house to another at a somewhat high speed, breathless and unimaginably happy."

You can read the blurb there too. Cant wait to lay my hands on a book a "friend" wrote! :) Good luck, Parul.

Mumbai Helps.

Kiran of Karmic Kids has set up a blog to help the Mumbai terror victims. Please do visit and help in whichever way possible.

The link is http://mumbaihelps.blogspot.com/

Every little helps. Take care and be safe.

High Court rejects Niketa’s plea to terminate pregnancy.

The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected the petition filed by Niketa and her husband Haresh Mehta, along with their doctor Nikhil Datar, seeking permission to terminate her pregnancy, now in the 26th week.
The foetus was diagnosed with a complete heart blockage when she was in the 24th week of pregnancy. The couple wanted to abort the child for fear it would suffer for life.

More here.

The never ending debate of what is right and what is not. I really feel sad for the parents and cant help but wonder what the child is going to go through when he/she is old enough to understand. Yes, the laws are there for a reason but why does it seem as if the good ones always have to bear the brunt of it?

Kudos to Kausalya!

Heres an Indian Mommy all set to launch her first book this month. Kausalya, who briefly blogged about her son Babykins at Ammaforever.blogpsot.com, is out with her debut novel - The TamBrahm Bride. Hearty Congratulations to Kousalya and wishing her loads of luck with the book.

For more information on the book and the author, visit http://thetambrahmbridebook.blogspot.com/

Class 8 student shot dead by a class 10 student in MP.

Too bad we had to start a brand new year with the news about two women molested by a mob in Mumbai. And now this. Another school shoot out. My grandma used to say "What is the World coming to?" quite often when I was a kid. Now its my turn I guess!

In a shocking
incident, an eighth class student of a government school in Satna district
of
Madhya Pradesh was killed on Thursday when his senior schoolmate
allegedly shot
at him in the school premises in the second such crime in the
country in a
month.

News via Rediff.

Talkative toddler is trouble on a plane!

A Mom and her 19 month old Toddler have been kicked off a plane because the kid was repeating "Bye bye plane"! So from next time, I have to cello tape my toddlers mouth as well! Its no fun flying with a kid and these incidents only make it all the more terrible!

At the end of her speech, she leaned over the gentleman beside me and said, 'It's not funny anymore. You need to shut your baby up,'" Penland told WSB-TV in Atlanta. When Penland asked the woman if she was joking, she said the stewardess replied, "You know, it's called baby Benadryl."

Link via Manchus.