Tapestry of the Mind and Other Stories

Aneeta Sundararaj trained and practiced as a lawyer before pursuing her dream of writing. She also created and developed a website called “How to Tell a Great Story,” aiming to make it a resource for storytellers. Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines, ezines, and journals.

Notable book projects include:

• Knowledge of Life: Tales of an Ayurveda Practitioner in Malaysia
• The Banana Leaf Men
• Mad Heaven: Biography of Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. M. Mahadevan

For a period, she contributed feature articles to the lifestyle section of a national newspaper. Many of Aneeta’s short stories have been longlisted, shortlisted, and won international literary competitions and awards. Her most recent and bestselling novel, The Age of Smiling Secrets, was shortlisted for the Anugerah Buku 2020, organized by the National Library of Malaysia. Edited versions of various chapters of this novel have appeared in multiple anthologies, most notably in We Mark Your Memory: Writings from the Descendants of Indenture, School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with Commonwealth Writers, 2018.

Aneeta has also pursued her academic interests, successfully defending a doctoral thesis in 2021 entitled “Management of Prosperity Among Artistes in Malaysia.”

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