Hey there! My name is Juhi and I love stories. Especially those perfect ones that make me laugh, smile, think and feel.

I have fond memories of attacking my large assortment of grannies, uncles and aunts with requests of telling me stories, when I was younger and much smaller. From Cinderella to tales from the Ramayan, and from unending stories of a sparrow collecting grains to a naughty frog who goes on an adventure on a train, I lapped it all up.

My mum could only feed little 2 years old me, when she stopped at a strategic point in her story-telling and refused to go on till I put that bite in my mouth! As I grew up my aunts decided enough was enough. They started plying me with books and I found a whole new world. And my addiction grew.

During the English period at school, I realized (actually my teacher did) that I can write stories. It was a happy day, when I was asked to stand in the assembly hall and read out one of the stories that I had written. Because that's exactly what a writer needs...Captive Audience!!!

I compose poetry too. (Yeah, I am pretty awesome) I don't know how good that is, but I enjoy reading it. It's a bit jabberwockian. (It's a word. Enid Blyton used it.)

So I am going to post a few of my short stories and poems here. And tell you about the harem of stories in my head waiting to be completed into manuscripts. (Seriously. Respect for those Mughal and Turkish Sultans)

I am extremely new to blogging, and have come in blind. So along with your feedback and comments on my stories and poetry (which I really really want to hear), I would also love to hear anything you want to tell me about blogs.

And if you know or actually are a publisher, an editor or an agent interested in publishing my work, let me pull out the red carpet and spritz the flowers.