Janhavi Acharekar

Janhavi Acharekar is a Mumbai-based writer.She has worked as journalist, advertising copywriter, wine-seller and art researcher.

Fiction

Her short stories have appeared in two anthologies of new writing.

1. 'A Good Riot' was shortlisted for The Little Magazine's New Writing Award 2006 and appears in an anthology titled 'First Impressions', published by TLM.

2. 'Play it again, Sam!' appears in an anthology of short fiction titled 'Stories at the Coffee Table' and was launched at the Jaipur Literature Festival

Magazines and Websites

Her stories and features have appeared in various publications : The Statesman, The Times of India, The Hindu, The Independent, The Little Magazine, Biblio, Man's World, Jetwings, and on websites: www.goworldtravel.com and www.kalakahani.co.in.uk (a Charnwood Arts project).

Literary Curator

Janhavi has also curated literary festivals in Bombay such as the Kala Ghoda Literature festival, the Crossword literary festival and Celebrate Bandra Festival along with R Sriram (co-founder Crossword Bookstores) and Darryl D'Monte.

Links

Tales from the Coffee Table [http://www.caferati.com/caferati-creative/satct/authors/]

The Little Magazine [http://www.littlemag.com/newwriting/index.html]