Hello. My name is Anjali. Here is a bit (well, quite a lot) about me.

I have a B.A. (Honours) Degree in English Literature, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Film-Making. I am also a Yoga Siromani - I have a certificate that enables me to work as a fully qualified yoga teacher, which I gained at the Sivananda Ashram in Kerala, South India.

I have had a somewhat ac ...cident-prone life. I have experienced five major accidents. The worst accident happened when I was twenty-four. At the age of 24 I was in a fire and suffered third degree burns. Extensive skin grafts left my whole body scarred, except for my face and my back. It is said that accidents are no accident, and I learned that during the course of my own spiritual journey. However, that is another story!

Meanwhile, with the love and support of my dear parents, I recovered my well-being and mobility. I went on to work in many fields. I have even managed to work indoors occasionally as a journalist, an advertising copywriter, an arts entrepreneur, an independent theatrical and video producer, a festival organiser, a market researcher, and a customer care representative for a brand of washing powder, during which time I gave penetrating and heartfelt advice on stain removal… until I was fired… .

I have always wanted to be a writer, and wrote my first story at the age of three. Fortunately, my command of English improved a bit as I got older…though many publishers did not agree…and actively encouraged me not to write in English…or any other language!

I knew I had talent so I didn't listen to them. I spent many years learning how to write in the old-fashioned way by living on the poverty line while spending all my time writing. It was hard, but I learned about people, I learned about life, I learned about myself, and I learned how to write. I wrote three novels - the first was so bad I binned it. The second wasn't much better. The third was good. During this time I also wrote poetry - some of which was published in poetry magazines; I wrote short stories and won a short story prize; I wrote and produced plays and screenplays as well.

In 2006 my fourth novel "The Virgin Goddess" was published by Kennedy & Boyd Ltd. It is available on Amazon.com. You can also order it from your nearest bookshop.

I have completed a collection of poetry called “Poems about Love and Life and Staring Out of Windows at Trees.” Some of these poems have already been published in various poetry anthologies – such as the well-received “Life Stories” published by Anthony Xavier Productions. I have also made videos of some of my poems, which you can see for yourself on this site.

I hope you enjoy them.