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Kavya Janani. U is the author of the romance novel, With Love, Forever, two standalone sci-fi novelettes (Time Maidens series), and the poetry collections - La Douleur Exquise & From The Land of Longing.

She wrote her first short story, The Ghost Sticker when she was just eight. Since then, she has been writing stories on whatever piece of paper she could find. She publishes her short stories on her blog - KJ's Musings. Her articles and essays have appeared on Medium.

Kavya is also a poet and frequently publishes her poetry on Instagram and Medium. She also runs a poetry website, Dreamypoet. One of her poems, Women Like Her Breathe Fire, has been published in Sledgehammer Lit.

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	The Timeless Turns (Time Maidens, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With Love, Forever 3.81 avg rating — 64 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Somewhere In A Song (Time Maidens, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Douleur Exquise by Kavya Janani U. (Goodreads Author), Dhivya Balaji (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chandrayarn: Wrimo India's Spin to the Moon! by Sonia Rao (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Aksheeya (Goodreads Author), S.B. Akshobhya (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From The Land of Longing : Poems by Kavya Janani U. (Goodreads Author), Dhivya Balaji (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schezwan Jalebi by Balakarthiga M. (Goodreads Author), Tejas Jani, Srichandra Mukherjee 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Pearls 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Nux Poemica 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Memories of a Song – Vizhigalin Aruginil Vaanam

I wrote this post first in 2021 and posted it on my Instagram profile to which composer Ramesh Vinayagam replied. Reposting it here with more sentences added to it

I have very fond memories of Vizhigalin Aruginil Vaanam. It was the summer vacation of 2004. My dad was on his 14-day visit, bringing along with him boxes of ‘foreign’ chocolates and a load of gadgets. Among the gadgets was an MP3 playe

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