Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Date of Birth – 21 August 1970
I took up writing fiction, poems and stories unexpectedly, after completing assignment of writing two books for the Ministry of Rural Development, GOI. I have written eleven books now and pursuing the passion with lot of happiness.
I graduated in Civil Engineering from MNIT, Jaipur and 1992 and did post-graduation from IIT, Roorkee in 1994. I qualified Engineering Services Examination conducted by UPSC two times in 1993 and 1994, and served Government of India in Border Roads and Central Public Works Department as Group-A officer. Resigned from CPWD in 2007 and joined corporate sector serving senior positions. I have also served in United Nations Development Programme (GOALS-Poverty) and traveled extensively in rural areas of many states. This specific assignment provided excellent opportunity to interact with large number of people, understanding their problems and different life altogether; far away from mayhem of city life. I have extensive experience of procurement and contract management in construction sector, earns a livelihood and survival with this profession while penning down the emotions in poems, stories and novels. I am slowly promoting publishing under banner JAI3E Books & Publishing under my company.
Titles
1. Noida Express
The first novel deals with story of crime carried out by petty criminals supported by people in power, even some close sub-inspector assigned a duty to protect them. How Ankita Sharma, a science graduate with interest in sound and ancient literature gets involved with this evolving saga and accidental murder of son another police officer, a junior staff of sub-inspector by the same criminals. Ankita takes the revenge with a self-invented sound gun. The sound guns are future of warfare’s in coming times, as lot of research already done in this direction in secret labs world over. (Paperback and Kindle)
2. New Delhi Square
After recruited on three times of his package by some unknown company located in New Delhi, Vimal Mittal slowly finds a world full of political finance for raising of companies. These companies earn profit from India, then invest terror, and support purchase of war equipment’s for the neighboring countries, against the people by availing services and purchasing daily need items. Did he succeed in waging a war against the ruthless systems, full of murders for slightest mistakes? (To be published this month)
3. Verdict of Mahakaal
The work is based on legends of Chaurasi Mahadev of Ujjain, and covers concepts of Vrittis, quantum physics and astro-physics. It also covers some of the interesting legends of Mahadev. (Paperback and Kindle)
4. Tumhare liye and Ek Tinaka Hawa men are two poems collections (Hindi) (Paperback and Kindle)
There are other books like Dus Kahaniyan, Words will remain witness, Suno Uddhav, A collection of 100 quotes (funny and sarcastic), Climate Resilience – A perspective with MGNREGS.
In addition to self-publishing my books, now published four books for Shri Munindra Misra (Devi Mahatmayam, Drops of Nectar from Mahabharat, Kabir Couplets and Five Polity Paths (Panchtantra) – all in English rhymes- now available in paperback editions).
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
New Delhi Square
It is a dynamic plot with fast pace thriller.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, I am comfortable, quite fast and now improving with time.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Road Less Traveled – By M. Scott Peck and Hindi Poems. I like science fiction very much.
What are you working on now?
1. I am nearing completion of fourth novel ‘Conspirator’ – a cyborg propelling a meteorite towards Earth, blasting a pile up of thousands hydrogen bombs with massive stack of Cobalt & Lead. A King coming back from a planet to start life once again. Nuclear war of 2120 AD, looked back by a team in 2220 AD with reference to socio-poltical dynamics of 2020 AD.
2. Moving towards an ordinary tale of a village family with rise and fall, spanning three generations.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still learning.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be of slow mind.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Publishing a book is not enough, it should have journey and keep printing again and again.
What are you reading now?
Writing, and office work, always busy. However, started reading a poems collection.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Feels happy and satisfied and contented.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Siddharth
Bardo Thodol
Many science fiction books.
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