Asian Writer Who Blogs: Shweta Ganesh Kumar

29 June 2010
Asian Writer Who Blogs: Shweta Ganesh Kumar
Writer's Name: Shweta Ganesh Kumar
Country/Origin: Kerala, India
Title of blog: Simply Speaking

Writer's Bio: Shweta Ganesh Kumar is a writer and a freelance travel journalist who is based in the Philippines with articles frequently appearing in the New Indian Express. Prior to this she was a Communications Officer for Greenpeace India and a correspondent with CNN-IBN (CNN’s Indian sister concern). She has contributed articles for ‘Chicken Soup for the Indian Spiritual Soul’ and ‘CBW’s India’s Top 42 Weekend Getaways’. She has written columns for publications like the One Philippines and Your Story. Her short fiction has been published in literary journals like Australian Women online, Single Solitary Thought and the Asia Writes project. She writes a column for The NRI, an online magazine and is also a guest blogger for Pratham Books, an Indian NGO that works to provide children with affordable books. She has been blogging on life as it happens since June 2006. Since last year she has also started blogs on travels and food. She is currently working on a collection of short stories and a children’s novel.

Recent Publications:
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