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Jackie
Step into 1980s-2000s India.
Join the Verma family as they navigate a bustling colony, seen
through the eyes of Verma family and a colony dog.
What difference does a day make? Amit can catch up - Papa
📢 Jackie's observation log
🐾 Colony membership hits 1,000!
🐾 Amit's Catch won C3 the intra-colony middle school cricket match
🐾 Guddi has memorized Periodic table
🐾 I am teaching "human-reading" to Raja
🐾 Usha is not happy with the Milkman
🐾 It was picture day at Amit's school
Class of 85, 6C Section 🏫
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Visit or better yet, Move-in
Visiting:
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homework or mails. Check with Post office!
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Get colony gossip, functions, birthday etc (Sending good morning
messages will result in removal and permanent Ban!)
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✍️ Author Diary
Anupam Parganiah
Anupam grew up in Bhilai, a small township reminiscient of
numerous townships in India. Although he left Bhilai at the age of
20, Bhilai stayed with him via numerous friends. shared stories
and his visits back home. His work took him to various countries
and he now lives in the USA.
Watching recent web series like Kota factory and Panchayat and
having watched Maldugi days as a child, he was inspired to create
his generation stories of India in the 80s. The series Colony
Diaries is the first step towards that vision.
What began as raw material was eventually sculpted and polished by
my beta readers. I chose each of you because I deeply admire your
taste and unique sensibilities
WritingBehind the Scenes
November 3, 2024
The Making of
To everyone who contributed in ways large and small: this book
belongs to you as much as it does to me. You are my “Colony.”
BookstoreKids
August 20, 2024
Where Amit Verma Came From
Amit is loosely based on myself as a middle schooler, though I was
less aware of what was going on around me. I was mostly just
awkward and wanted to play all the time. I wanted to write about
that universal feeling of being somewhere in the middle — not the
most popular, not the least popular — just…trying. Jackie was a
real dog who used to handaround in our block. Rest is imagination
Origin StoryAnupam
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🏆 Fun Facts About Anupam
📚 Lived and worked in 5 countries
🌍 Loves drama, Directed local Ramleela in Dallas
🎬 Teaches Kids Hindi
🏪 Loves to perform, Karaoke, RJ etc!
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