Friday 30 May 2014

The MF Husain exhibition at the Victoria and Albert




Maqbool Fida Husain, mourned in India as a “national loss” after his death in 2011, is supposed to have died in “self-imposed exile” in London – as the media like to put it. Yet, it is ridiculous to call it “self-imposed” exile. He lived outside of India because back in the country where he was born and where he grew up, he lived in fear of his life. He received regular death threats for offending religious feelings, for making paintings with themes from Hindu religion that were apparently profane because they depicted nudity and eroticism.

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Thursday 29 May 2014

MF Husain at the V and A, a preview



Exhibition at the V and A, of 8 triptychs by MF Husain. For more pictures, go here http://amitamurray.com/ The exhibition goes on till July 27, 2014. Free entry.

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Thursday 22 May 2014

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amita-Murray/e/B00I3Z465O/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

ROMANTIC COMEDY

Confessions of a Reluctant Embalmer
Anna Patel styles dead people. (And they probably know that they're dead.)

Trapped between her histrionic family, and her own troublesome desires, she tells people the truth on a strictly need-to-know basis. Now all she needs to do to get away from it all is marry her persistent boyfriend - and keep it all together till the wedding. It should be dead easy.

But then, during a memorial service held at her parents' (Ruth Worthing and Govind Patel) funeral home, a dead cat appears in a casket. There's a Pet Slasher on the loose, the Patel family’s livelihood is hanging by a thread, and on top of it all, their chief embalmer keeps telling her she's his soul-mate.

Her heart and happiness at stake, Anna must confront who she is, and ask herself if trying to be normal and dependable is all it is cracked up to be.

"Randy, Funny, Fascinating" - Publishers Weekly

"This book is fantastic. The family are feisty, flirty and fun." - A Book and Tea

If you like Six Feet Under, The Royal Tennenbaums, and all kinds of rom-com, then check out this book!

VICTORIAN MYSTERY

The Pre-Raphaelite Seamstress
It is the 1860s, and Rachel Faraday is trying to follow in the footsteps of the Pre-Raphaelite artists. Struggling to make a living, in a world that looks down on female traders, she paints her fabrics in the colours and styles of the artists and sells them to wealthy women who daydream about clasping the men of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood between their thighs. One night, she meets a man, who, after the coldness of her cottage and the loneliness of her existence, shows her the possibility of a different life. The next day, he is arrested on suspicion of cold-blooded murder. As Rachel sets out to prove his innocence, she realizes that she must come to terms not only with the evidence in front of her, the vagaries of her trade, the hot-blooded attentions of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, but her own erotic longings and the secrets of her past.








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Wednesday 7 May 2014

How to act like a Londoner!

Banksy, of course


Get pissed at the funeral of a close relative, tie your pants around your head and dance in Trafalgar Square in the middle of the night, holding a can of Australian beer in your hand. Sing God Save the Queen.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amita-murray/the-definitive-guide-to-acting-like-a-londoner_b_4705714.html

Lovely reviews!

About The Pre-Raphaelite Seamstress

A Woman's Wisdom
http://awomanswisdom.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/the-pre-raphaelite-seamstress-by-amita-murray/

"There are some particularly descriptive passages in the book which are superbly written and give a real pull to the senses as they transported me straight back to the streets of Victorian England."

Fresh Pot of Tea
http://alisondeluca.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/review-of-pre-raphaelite-seamstress.html

"Part romance, part cozy mystery, The Pre-Raphaelite Seamstress by Amita Murray was a thoroughly enjoyable read. The author has done a great deal of research for the book, and this showed in a number of colorful details as well as rich settings and backgrounds, glowing with life."

Rani Shergill
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R115A28EIWL6AY
"This is a wonderful, rich and colourful book with vivid scenes describing life in Victorian London!"