Times Ascent interviews Ms. Dheera Kitchlu, Author of 'Nippy, Nipper & Others'   Times Accent
Posted On July 06, 2010
 
"Dheera Kitchlu, children’s author and illustrator, has been working with children for the last 30 years. Overcoming her learning disabilities, she has written extensively for children. In addition to her five published story books, she has been involved in story development and script writing for Indian Television, radio plays and skits, stories for audio-cassettes for children at the National Association for the Blind, in Mumbai. Serving the society is part and parcel of all her initiatives."

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Times Ascent interviews Mithun Mukherjee, Author of 'Cold Feet'   Times Accent
Posted On June 14, 2010
 
"Mithun Mukherjee, author of the novel ‘Cold Feet’ describes himself as one who ‘started off as a dot, before being wheeled into a comma...’ A dark fiction writer, Mithun finds inspiration in everything ordinary as he artfully spins it into an extraordinary piece of writing. How did the dark within him find new wings to see the light of the day?"

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DNA India interviews Anand Sachar, Author of 'A Decade of Hits & Misses'   DNA India
Posted On June 06, 2010
 
"I’ve been blogging on sports for about five years now. I started writing this book last year. It took me a couple of months to finish. I took time out between college and other activities. This book covers cricket over the past ten years. It wasn’t easy to get published."

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Book Review of Cold Feet by Mithun Mukherjee   Hindustan Times
Posted On April 9, 2010
 
"A quick read and definitely not penned down to haunt you, the book unravels some hidden secrets about life."

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Book Review of Sojourn by Smita Chugh   Mumbai Mirror
Posted On January 22, 2010
 
"On one hand ‘Sojourn’ leaves the readers feeling proud of India, a unique nation and on the other hand, it gives them a reason to leave the sidelines and be part of the revolution marking the true India – its villages."

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Serene Woods featured in The Economic Times   Economic Times
Posted On Jan 05, 2010
 
In an article on start-ups out there working to unearth talent, Economic Times covers Serene Woods in its High Flier Section.

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Book Review of If At All by Unnati Narang   Mumbai Mirror
Posted On November 2, 2009
 
"Unnati Narang's If at all is a divine search for mankind; a search for love and belonging."

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Book Review of "Neumonia and Other Short Stories"   Hindustan Times
Posted On July 05, 2009
 
"This book is a better, shorter alternative to any Sunday movie on TV, It's a little jewel"
 
Interview with Dhriiti - an NGO promoting entrepreneurship   Dhriiti
Posted On July 02, 2009
 
In an interesting interview with Swapnil Chugh, creator of Serene Woods, a creative endeavour, serenewoods.com , Unnati Narang is familiarised with the good and the not so good aspects of putting a self publishing business in place. Her ultimate fascination for entrepreneurship stands firmed as she unveils yet another new generation entrepreneur.

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Dhimant Parekh - Blogging, Writing and much more!   Times Ascent
Posted On June 22, 2009
 
"During this period, I came to know about www.serenewoods.com/ and their self-publishing platform. The concept was an interesting proposition for me and it helped me materialise my dream of publishing a book. They did a great job of making the paperback version of my book available and so far my book has been the top seller on Serene Woods' website. That's a great honour considering that the site boasts of some very good work by upcoming authors."
 
No such thing as writer’s block   Hindustan Times
Posted On June 20, 2009
 
"Twenty-five-year-old Swapnil Chugh, a founder of SW and himself a writer defends his generation, “Who decides we are good enough to be published? It’s subjective. Why should I decide to be a writer based on someone else’s review of my work? If I want to be a writer and I think I’m good enough, I want to get published.” The trend to publish has also spawned from blogging – an unstructured rigour. “Blogging has made people write more and now they want to take that a step further,” says Chugh.
 
Serenading a dream   Times Ascent
Posted On May 19, 2009
 
"Swapnil Chugh defines himself as a dreamer. He recently founded www.serenewoods.com, an online portal to promote creativity and freedom of expression of emerging authors. Let us follow the entrepreneur through his day and discover the intricacies of a self-publishing business"
 
Entrepreneurial employees   Times Ascent
Posted On February 18, 2009
 
"Swapnil Chugh, formerly an equity research analyst at Goldman Sachs, is presently pursuing his big business dream. He’s in the process of launching ‘Serene Woods’, an e-commerce site for talented authors (self-publishers), photographers and other artists. “The entrepreneurial culture allowed people to come up with innovative ideas, some of which were actively implemented by the firm. But I wanted to move one step ahead and start my own enterprise around something closer to my heart."