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A national public health initiative based out of Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Human Genetics recently announced a new program that offers at-home testing for 63 cancer susceptibility genes associated with hereditary risks for breast, ovarian, prostate, colorectal, skin and many other cancers.
Breaking stereotypes: What strong heroine should look like (IANS Interview)
By IANS| Published: 6th February 2021 11:48 am IST
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Feb 6 : It was 10 years in the writing and breaks stereotypes of what a strong heroine should look like, with a heroine who is introverted, feels inadequate and powerless, and is conditioned to believe she is weak.
“It took me ten years and multiple drafts to write the story because I knew nothing about fiction writing. I don’t have an MFA degree. I have never attended a writing workshop in my life. I am a journalist, but writing news reports isn’t really writing, it is just conveying the news in simple, direct language. So, I had to teach myself to write fiction,” Veena Rao, the editor of Atlanta-based community newspaper “NRI Pulse” told IANS in an interview of her debut novel, “Purple Lotus” (SWP-She Writes Press).
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New Delhi, Feb 6 : It was 10 years in the writing and breaks stereotypes of what a strong heroine should look like, with a heroine who is introverted, feels inadequate and powerless, and is conditioned to believe she is weak. It took me ten years and multiple drafts to write the story because I knew nothing about fiction writing. I don t have an MFA degree. I have never attended a writing workshop in my life. I am a journalist, but writing news reports isn t really writing, it is just conveying the news in simple, direct language. So, I had to teach myself to write fiction, Veena Rao, the editor of Atlanta-based community newspaper NRI Pulse told IANS in an interview of her debut novel, Purple Lotus (SWP-She Wri
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