Writer'S Block : (And Other Musings)

<p>This is Suresh Subrahmanyan’s third volume of tongue-in-cheek vignettes on a variety of subjects. There is no topic or issue under the sun that does not come under his genial and articulate gaze. He wields his pen in a manner of speaking with considerable panache and style. Hislovefor the English language is amply evident in the way in which he crafts every sentence with minute care. He is greatly influenced by the BrIt'sh school of writing and the great authors from that formidable stable. He is unapologetic about adopting a slightly old-fashioned style as he believes the present generation who read (and that tribe is rapidly dwindling) should appreciate that this is the language of Shakespeare and Milton without the likes of whom we would all be talking to each other with a vocabulary that does not go beyond words like <i>cool awesome shoot</i> <i>OMG</i> and lowbrow slang like <i>my bad I’m good</i> and <i>get a life bro.</i> In the author’s own words “Texting trumps writing and language pays the price.” Suresh Subrahmanyan tries to make amends.</p>