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Suman Kumar R

Suman Kumar R

About

Suman Kumar–a former IT employee–is a stay at home dad, movie writer, and a stand-up comic. He was born in Madras, went to school in Chittoor before he worked in a string of really boring jobs.

He lives in Bangalore now with his gorgeous doctor wife and their beautiful, six year old daughter (the girls threatened to throw him out of the house if he didn’t include them in his bio.)

Murdo

Murdo

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<p>When Jessica Bryant pesters her wealthy parents to allow her to have a dog as a pet, the answer is a resounding &quot;No&quot;; but they soon come to regret their decision when thier home is broken into one evening whilst they are out and their daughter kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers, in the form of four seedy and incompetent characters wearing Disneyland-type masks, take her hostage and keep her incarcerated in a place from which there appears to be no escape. However, they reckon without the resourcefulness of our heroine, and the courage of a wonderful stray dog who comes to her aid and whom she names 'Murdo'. And so begins an exciting and humurous accounting of the couples' adventures together as they consistently foil and outwit the abductors whilst on the run together.<br /> This is a lovely story of the friendship between a girl and a dog, bringing out themes of responsibility, camaraderie, redemption, salvation and self-sacrifice. It includes some wonderful dialogue sequences as Jessica teaches her new four-legged friend how to communicate with her, with additional delightful conversations between the animals when a rabbit and a sparrow join forces with them in an effort to outwit the kidnappers and restore Jessica safely back to her parents' home. </p>

Story Behind The Book

https://notionpress.com/academy/suman-kumar-author-of-ranga-half-pants-on-how-he-cracked-his-first-novel/

Media Links

Indian Express

🔗 http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Full-pants-an-angsty-adolescent-dream/2016/06/02/article3461582.ece

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Notion Press Podcast

🔗 https://notionpress.com/academy/suman-kumar-author-of-ranga-half-pants-on-how-he-cracked-his-first-novel/

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Reviews

<p><strong>&quot;Full Pants, an angsty, adolescent dream</strong>&quot;</p> <p>- http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Full-pants-an-angsty-adolescent-dream/2016/06/02/article3461582.ece</p> <p>&quot;<strong style="border:0px;font-family:'Merriweather Sans', sans-serif;font-size:20.8px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(94,94,94);">Perfectly paced and smooth flowing</strong><span style="color:rgb(94,94,94);font-family:'Merriweather Sans', sans-serif;font-size:20.8px;">, Ranga Half pants is a story that will pull you in with its 80s nostalgia and the childlike thoughts of the main characters. He’s a silly selfish boy who doesn’t really mean any harm but somehow manages to screw up all the time. A delight to read. I’ll definitely be picking up Suman Kumar’s next book the second it comes out. I gave it </span><strong style="border:0px;font-family:'Merriweather Sans', sans-serif;font-size:20.8px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(94,94,94);">4.5 stars</strong><span style="color:rgb(94,94,94);font-family:'Merriweather Sans', sans-serif;font-size:20.8px;">.</span>&quot;</p> <p>- https://booksandstrips.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/coming-of-age-in-in-boy-shorts/</p> <p>&quot;<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Lato;font-size:18px;text-align:justify;">Suman has put in words the nascent teenage innocence and vulnerability very well. The hesitance that somehow sprouts up when you have to go talk to a girl (it used to be a big thing in school), how for anything big or small you cajoled our mother to persuade your father, how in an attempt to enter manhood early you tried shaving your facial and body hair, and how proud one feels when one’s local hero accepts him in his circle.</span>&quot;</p> <p>- http://indiannerve.com/ranga-half-pants-by-suman-kumar-book-review-23307/</p> <p> </p>