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10 May 2009
Penguin publishes Indian Edition of The Strike
The first foreign edition of The Strike is now available through Penguin Books India. Not only is this a wonderful coup for the book but also particularly satisfying as the story takes place in 1980s India and it is a sort of homecoming for this debut novel. Penguin has redesigned the book for the sub-continental market.
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April 2009
Anand wins a Canada-US Fulbright Award.
This past week, I found out that I have been awarded a Fulbright to spend the next year at Boston University studying under the National Book Award winning writer Ha Jin (Waiting, Crazed) and Leslie Esptein. I will also have the opportunity to teach a class in creative writing to Boston University undergraduates.
While I am sad about leaving Toronto, even if only for a year, I am also looking forward to returning to Boston after a break of nearly seven years.
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March 2009
Revolutions Per Minute gets prestigious Stratford workshop slot
Rebecca Nesvet's play Revolutions Per Minute based on my novel The Strike has been selected for a developmental reading and workshop by The Group at the Theatre Royal in Stratford England. The reading date is November 5, 2009 and I am looking forward to hopping over the pond to attend the workshop.
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October 2008
Controversy over Outlook Article
Apparently I am not the only Anand Mahadevan in this world. Recently there was an article in the Indian magazine Outlook written by another Anand Mahadevan who described his conversion to Christianity and bemoaned prejudice in India. Without making any comments about the validity of his writing (I live in Canada and cannot speak for religious freedoms and choices in India), let me set the record straight on the one matter: I am not the author of this article. Please direct both thanks and vitriol (although this could be diluted) to the right Anand Mahadevan.
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July 2008
Staged reading date announced for Revolutions Per Minute
The stage adaptation of The Strike titled Revolutions per Minute by award-winning playwright Rebecca Nesvet is getting a developmental reading in New York on December 15, 2008. Please join us at the Goldberg Theatre if you can.
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June 2008
Award Winning Playwright to adapt The Strike for the stage.
R.L. Nesvet who has won several awards for her powerful plays is adapting The Strike for the stage. Currently titled Revolutions per minute, the stage adaptation distills the novel's images and ideas into a masterful plot that brings out the desires and conflicts of the main characters within the context of Indian film and modernity.
Nesvet is currently a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Glocestershire and has an MFA in playwriting from the Tisch School at NYU. She has won awards for her plays The Shape Shifter, The Offensive, Jesus and Jupiter. A prolific and critically acclaimed playwright, Nesvet's plays have been staged in Chicago (The Girl in the Iron Mask) , Washington D.C. (Troglodytes), New York (Galileo in the Underwrorld), Montreal (Jesus and Jupiter), and London (Piecemakers).
Anand is very excited to be working with R.L. Nesvet and to have such a celebrated playwright adapting his work. Stay posted for more news on this front.
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June 2008
Anand is on Chapters-Indigo Community
Anand has joined the Chapters-Indigo online community and will be promoting writing and literature at this forum along with other established and new Canadian writers. Please feel free to visit him at this site. |
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