20 07, 2023

Have you discovered Shepherd.com? It’s a research tool and an asset for authors.

By |July 20th, 2023|Categories: Art, Ashoka, Biography, Buddhism, China, Art & History, History, India, Lost History, Mixed relationships, Novels and short stories, Oxford, Shepherd.com|0 Comments

Shepherd.com has only been established for two years but is already getting good traffic. I'm one of 8000 authors who have shared five of our favorite books around a topic dear to our hearts. Below are the links to my entries. 

12 06, 2023

Mixed Up Love according to Claret Press & why it matters.

By |June 12th, 2023|Categories: Antiques, Art, Biography, History, India, Mixed relationships, Novels and short stories, Oxford|0 Comments

Claret Press’s blog on mixed relationships mentions some of my experiences. https://www.claretpress.com/single-post/mixed-up-love I wrote a piece on the subject for the Madras Courier. https://madrascourier.com/.../on-mixed-race-relationships/ 150,000 people, mostly of Indian ancestry, read it. (The editor seems to know how to work

4 02, 2023

Overwhelmed by the response to Food of Love.

By |February 4th, 2023|Categories: Kennington, Mixed relationships, Oxford, The Oxford Times|0 Comments

 Launches are booked at Oxford County Library and The Nehru Centre in Mayfair.  Andy Ffrench's feature in The Oxford  Times  left me feeling emotional. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23129805.oxford-writer-sylvia-vetta-fills-memoirs-delicious-recipes/ Writing this book felt different to my other books, fiction and non-fiction. I dug deep

27 12, 2022

Great minds think alike or how to pinch a good title?

By |December 27th, 2022|Categories: Cultural Appropriation, Kennington, Lost History, Mixed relationships, Novels and short stories, Oxford Castaways|0 Comments

  Great minds think alike or how to pinch a good title?  https://membership.theguardian.com/event/kenan-malik-not-so-black-and-white-4 Nancy Mudenyo Hunt and I were not sure whether to be upset or flattered when we saw the title of Kenan Malik’s book.  Not so Black and

27 08, 2022

Food of Love. I cook up a story across gender, class and race. How access to Luton Central Library meant opportunities for a working class girl..

By |August 27th, 2022|Categories: Biography, Kennington, Mixed relationships, Oxford|0 Comments

I hadn't intended to publish my memoir.  My publisher's Press Release explains why its CEO  Katie Isbester persuaded me that it was publishable and is relevant. One reason, I agreed to let Claret Press publish it,  is because  I would

4 05, 2022

No to culture wars, anti -woke and cancel culture. Yes to telling  the WHOLE story. That way lies understanding and  a sense of belonging.

By |May 4th, 2022|Categories: China, Art & History, History, India, Kenya, Lost History, Mixed relationships|0 Comments

Shakespeare and Donne created thousands of words between them - its a British trait that we can be proud of. Let's find new words for our time . This government’s war on woke includes opposing the ‘decolonisation’ of museums, history