‘Raghu
the Detective’ is a book comprising of seven short
stories.
When I commenced writing the detective book
‘Detective Raghu’, I had a vague idea of where it should be based. Having lived
in Bombay I was
clear it would be beyond me to place the character in that Metropolis. It is
too grim and dark in many ways. And my stories would lurch to the ubiquitous
‘noir’ genre. I wanted a mild flavour of the darkness and Bangalore did raise that feeling in me.
The book comprises of short stories. It was
to keep the attentions span of the present day reader under no stress. I write
so people will read it. I have to take that factor into consideration. I have
no other consideration.
I took generous help from the Mr Google, is
an understatement. Others whose help and reference I have accessed, their sites
or their blog are as listed below.
I would like to thank many folks out there
whose blogs and article I have accessed in my reference to writing. Some I have
managed to write to personally to thanks and some I will when I get their
lawyers notice.
Those whom I did write were generous in
their help and considerate. I would want to tip my hat to you all.
I am in the process of short listing the
offer I have from the few publishers I have approached. In case they consent I
would like to offer one of the short stories for download.
Gopal loaf’s the streets of city, and does
he loaf, the url will give you an indication. He records them in a documentary
sort of view.
Somesh does fine illustrating and gives a perspective
of the city from a watched world in slow motion.
Paul Fernandes is someone I would have been
if I was an illustrator and living in Bangalore.
A visitor from overseas who has done a bit
of street walking and provides an architecture reference of old Bangalore
Since I have my central character a foodie
it became important to get some close look at the food available in Bangalore street.
bangalorefoodreview.com
Ron provides a world of how Bangalore lived in the
sixties, during the Beatles and pot smoking world of the west.
A very useful resource for looking at Bangalore. It is I guess a
emagazine.
As my detective travels I need to look at
other place for reference.
Sankara lives the good life of a true
traveller, following his path itself would make life fun for a true wanderer.
Manmadhan writes a blog that
would do justice to a doctorate or a dean of history. Great place to find out
about Kerala, in terms of its history, without much fret. Not to mention many
other things apart from Kerala are there and make interesting read.
In case you desire to get a quick
colloquial Kanada on the go curse word or other wise. Spend a few days and
sound like a native.
http://bengaloorubanter.blogspot.in/2007/06/bengalooru-slonguaze-dictionary.html
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