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Feb 14, 2025

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The JournalUpdates and Backstories of Ashok's works
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Journal: Rewinding 2024They said 2024 would be the leap year — a magical year. I now wonder how different it turned out to be. To understand, you could dip into…
Feb 14
Feb 14
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: The Birth of a Book — The Middle RiverLet me tell you how a book is born.
Nov 13, 2024
Nov 13, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: The Princess and the Monarch; Ponder 2024This article will be featured in Ponder 2024 as a special piece, positioned prominently after the acknowledgments. Ponder 2024 is dedicated…
Oct 26, 2024
Oct 26, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: Fiction, Fast ForwardAfter successful reentry into the publishing mode in 2024 — Ponder 2023 and ‘Fountainhead — A Review’ ( my first non-fiction book), I am…
Oct 19, 2024
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Oct 19, 2024
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Journal: Fountainhead — A ReviewMy second book of the year is quite unexpected… and the first time for me in the literary criticism genre — especially fiction.
Oct 3, 2024
Oct 3, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: Do Writers need Arangetram ( formal launch)?After a long stint away from being an audience for classical dance performances, I was the chauffeur turned audience of a Bharatnatyam…
Sep 2, 2024
Sep 2, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: Elevated by EloI looked forward to being called to judge an elocution contest. Taking a break from the humdrum of the venture capital world, it was a…
Aug 31, 2024
Aug 31, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: Ten Thousand PagesIt has been 13 years since I started writing, which is not a coincidence. Our parallel paths had crossed and are now growing apart in…
Aug 15, 2024
Aug 15, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
Ponder 2024: The PivotI hit a whirlpool in January and got out of it in July. An old flame burnt my candle on both ends, consuming my mind, body, and soul with a…
Jul 29, 2024
Jul 29, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: A Conversation and a PivotIt was a conversation that was a long time coming. Given that I am also a Venture Capitalist, the time that I have in my hand to write is…
May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
My Rainbow Bridge: Journal 2May 2024.
May 11, 2024
May 11, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: Ponder 2023, The Book: Part 4Ponder 2022 was a great experiment. It moved beyond poetry but also added a tribute series. This series has another special feature — cool…
Apr 3, 2024
1
Apr 3, 2024
1
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: Ponder 2023, The Book- Part 3We will cover the salient features of Ponder 2023, The Book in Part 3. Ponder 2022 was an experiment, Ponder 2023 was about building on it…
Apr 2, 2024
Apr 2, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: Ponder 2023, The Book — Part 2I promise to end the debate about Pondering Woman vs Butterfly for the cover art and settle it at the end of this part. But before that, I…
Mar 24, 2024
Mar 24, 2024
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Journal: Ponder 2023, The Book — Part 1I am torn between the Pondering woman and a butterfly for the cover page. But before we get there, somebody asked me this question. Do…
Mar 23, 2024
Mar 23, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: The Peno-pause“I spent a lifetime in a garden one afternoon.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
Mar 14, 2024
Mar 14, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
2024: Walk With Me2024 is special to me. It is a leap year, an even year and it brings up my fifth decade in life. Out of this, I have been an author for…
Jan 1, 2024
Jan 1, 2024
Ashok Subramanian
2023: The brick-by-brick yearThis year, it rained almost every day from August till November. My maid says it has not been as heavy as the previous heavy-rain years…
Jan 1, 2024
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Jan 1, 2024
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Ashok Subramanian
Journal: A day that might matter (or not)14th November 2023:
Nov 15, 2023
Nov 15, 2023
Ashok Subramanian
Journal: A Fish’s DreamAs I progress slowly on my books, writing, and publishing goals, certain lateral triggers come into play. For example, I had a traumatic…
Oct 26, 2023
Oct 26, 2023

The Journal

Updates and Backstories of Ashok's works

Journal: Rewinding 2024

They said 2024 would be the leap year — a magical year. I now wonder how different it turned out to be. To understand, you could dip into…

Journal: The Birth of a Book — The Middle River

Let me tell you how a book is born.

Journal: The Princess and the Monarch; Ponder 2024

This article will be featured in Ponder 2024 as a special piece, positioned prominently after the acknowledgments. Ponder 2024 is dedicated…

Journal: Fiction, Fast Forward

After successful reentry into the publishing mode in 2024 — Ponder 2023 and ‘Fountainhead — A Review’ ( my first non-fiction book), I am…

Journal: Fountainhead — A Review

My second book of the year is quite unexpected… and the first time for me in the literary criticism genre — especially fiction.

Journal: Do Writers need Arangetram ( formal launch)?

After a long stint away from being an audience for classical dance performances, I was the chauffeur turned audience of a Bharatnatyam…

Journal: Elevated by Elo

I looked forward to being called to judge an elocution contest. Taking a break from the humdrum of the venture capital world, it was a…

Journal: Ten Thousand Pages

It has been 13 years since I started writing, which is not a coincidence. Our parallel paths had crossed and are now growing apart in…

Ponder 2024: The Pivot

I hit a whirlpool in January and got out of it in July. An old flame burnt my candle on both ends, consuming my mind, body, and soul with a…

Journal: A Conversation and a Pivot

It was a conversation that was a long time coming. Given that I am also a Venture Capitalist, the time that I have in my hand to write is…

My Rainbow Bridge: Journal 2

May 2024.

Journal: Ponder 2023, The Book: Part 4

Ponder 2022 was a great experiment. It moved beyond poetry but also added a tribute series. This series has another special feature — cool…

Journal: Ponder 2023, The Book- Part 3

We will cover the salient features of Ponder 2023, The Book in Part 3. Ponder 2022 was an experiment, Ponder 2023 was about building on it…

Journal: Ponder 2023, The Book — Part 2

I promise to end the debate about Pondering Woman vs Butterfly for the cover art and settle it at the end of this part. But before that, I…

Journal: Ponder 2023, The Book — Part 1

I am torn between the Pondering woman and a butterfly for the cover page. But before we get there, somebody asked me this question. Do…

Journal: The Peno-pause

“I spent a lifetime in a garden one afternoon.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

2024: Walk With Me

2024 is special to me. It is a leap year, an even year and it brings up my fifth decade in life. Out of this, I have been an author for…

2023: The brick-by-brick year

This year, it rained almost every day from August till November. My maid says it has not been as heavy as the previous heavy-rain years…

Journal: A day that might matter (or not)

14th November 2023:

Journal: A Fish’s Dream

As I progress slowly on my books, writing, and publishing goals, certain lateral triggers come into play. For example, I had a traumatic…

Ashok Subramanian