{"id":893,"date":"2008-08-12T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=893"},"modified":"2008-08-12T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T10:20:00","slug":"krishnaas-konfessions-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2008\/08\/12\/krishnaas-konfessions-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Krishnaa&#8217;s Konfessions Quick Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a long time, I picked up a book by an Indian author and managed to finish it. And enjoy it. And, not tear out my hair in frustration at the pace of the story or the meta level philosophical inputs that keep creeping into story lines.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smitajain.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/lowres1.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"krishnaa\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/smitajain.wordpress.com\/\">Smita Jain&#8217;s <\/a><\/strong>debut novel is a good fun romp through the murky pool that is the Television Soap industry. Krishnaa &#8211; real name Priya &#8211; is a soap writer with a writer&#8217;s block . When you have to churn out 4 episodes a week &#8211; and everyone and his kitchen sink are doing pretty much the same &#8212; there is a definite possibility that a writer&#8217;s block will set in. 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