The young girl, her Ipod on, the earplugs in, blasted Nothings Gonna Change My Love for You. I sat next to her in the car, and listened in. And began humming along.
She looked up in surprise. “Wow, Kiran maami. You know this song? Its retro.”
I smiled back. “Darling child. I am retro.”
About Kiran Manral
Kiran Manral is a writer and major social media influencer. After quitting her full-time journalist’s job when her son was born, Kiran became a mommy blogger on the internet, with a remarkably original voice. She was a journalist at The Asian Age, The Times of India, features editor Cosmopolitan, India Cultural Lead and Trend spotter at Gartner Iconoculture US, Senior Consultant at Vector Insights, Ideas Editor, SheThePeople.TV. Kiran is currently a celebrated author and an independent research and media consultant.
She was shortlisted for the Femina Women Awards for Literary Contribution in 2017. The Indian Council of UN Relations (ICUNR) supported by the Ministry of Women and Children, Govt of India, awarded her the International Women’s Day Award 2018 for excellence in the field of writing. In 2021 she was awarded the Womennovator 1000 Women of Asia award. In 2022, she was named amongst the 75 Iconic Indian women in STEAM by Red Dot Foundation and Beyond Black, in collaboration with the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India, and British High Commission, New Delhi.
Her novella, Saving Maya, was long-listed for the 2018 Saboteur Award, supported by the Arts Council of England in the UK. Her novels 'The Face At the Window’ and ‘Missing, Presumed Dead were both long-listed for Jio MAMI Word to Screen, and ‘The Face at the Window’ was showcased at the South Asian Film Festival 2019. The Kitty Party Murder was shortlisted for the Popular Choice award at the 2021 JK Papers TOI AutHER awards.
Her other books include The Reluctant Detective, Once Upon A Crush, All Aboard, Karmic Kids-The Story of Parenting Nobody Told You, A Boy’s Guide to Growing Up, True Love Stories, 13 Steps to Bloody Good Parenting, Raising Kids with Hope and Wonder in Times of a Pandemic and Climate Change, More Things in Heaven and Earth and Rising: 30 Women Who Changed India. She also has published short stories in various magazines, in acclaimed anthologies like Have A Safe Journey, Boo, The Best Asian Speculative Fiction 2018, Grandpa’s Tales, Magical Women and City of Screams. Kiran lives in Mumbai with her family.
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Beautiful song, na?
And 80s is in so if you’re retro you can totally feel on top of things right now, Lady K!
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oh my god. that makes me retro too!
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Heh – add me to the “Retro” List – I shall adopt that term now – sounds so muh better than “Old” 😀
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retro squared, that’s me!
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that song is retro??? sigh. i am geeting old.
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oh it’s been so long since I last heard the song!! SO mushy…I miss that age.
There used to be a radio show (if there’s any such thing like that) called “Friday, I’m in Love” and Fali R Singara used to be the RJ>
He probably played that song every week 🙂
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me retro too :)..
You have been tagged.
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lol! and i dont care if that song is retro..its a really nice one!
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Draft me into the retro squad, too! Love that song!
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ROFLMAO. Yup we’re all retro, thank god we’re something other than just being old !!
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LOL!!I am retro too!!My sis, just 3 years younger than me,thinks I am old..:(
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