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Gifters Podcaster with Christopher Kai

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-962-bridge-cultures-break-barriers-with-anju-gattani/id1378434277?i=1000491342200

Chat with Podcaster Caramel Lucas

https://anchor.fm/caramel-lucas/episodes/Interview-with-Anju-Gattani--a-multitalented-entrepreneur--Author-elqgc8/a-a3n3c43
  • Diversity in Story,  Favorite Books,  The Power of Story

    The Henna Artist

    Anju Gattani / August 5, 2020

    What do you read after a mind-blowing compelling book?

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  • Favorite Books,  The Power of Story

    Sea-Prayer to Kites, Mountains & 1000 Splendid Suns

    Anju Gattani / August 7, 2018

    Have you ever been so excited about an author and his books that you can’t stop talking about him? And have you ever been so in love with said author’s words—like jewels in…

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  • The Power of Story

    Story Surfs

    Anju Gattani / July 21, 2018

    Have you ever wondered how storytelling surfaces? I have – countless times. And on my recent vacay to Pensacola Beach, Santa Rosa Island, Florida, I thought long and hard about the stories I…

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STORY MANTRA: with Award Winner Lainey Cameron!

https://youtu.be/6ZLevO9YT5w

Bangra+HipHop Fusion by GTQurbani !!

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Duty & Desire is a Recommended Read by Friends & Fiction Book Club

duty and desire, anju gattani, patti callahan henry, friends and fiction

DUTY & DESIRE featured in INDULGE magazine!!

https://indulgemagazine.com/2020/07/13/precious-cargo-beauty-books/

DUTY&DESIRE on BOOKTRIB!!

https://booktrib.com/2020/10/28/more-than-a-condition-7-books-tackling-mental-health/

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Story Mantra, Episode 13: Pt 2/3 with Award Winning Author, Lainey Cameron, THE EXIT STRATEGY

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Story Mantra, Episode 12: Pt 1 with Award Winning Author, Lainey Cameron

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