Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Santosh Avvannavar: Santosh started his career as a consultant and Soft Skills Trainer. After his college education from NITK, Surathkal, he worked as a researcher at University of Eindhoven, University of Twente, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He was also the Placement President while working at IISC, Bangalore. He has over twenty-five publications of mostly research documents in national and international journals. He has also authored sixteen conference papers and regularly writes articles for a national and worldwide daily paper. He also works as an advisor for different organisations.
He also dabbles in fiction writing and is the author of Adhuri Prem Kahaniya; Dear Wife, Your Husband is not a Superhero, Second Heart and Get a Job WITHOUT an Interview; Be A B.A.; Surrogate Author; Title is Untitled; Black, Grey and White; The Departing Point; God’s Table and Umbilical Cord.
He likes to devote his personal time in writing for a website, namely the Amrita Foundation for HRD (www.amritafoundation.wordpress.com). He has conducted seminars and training sessions for more than 45,000 people in India and abroad over the last seven years.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is She: Ekla Cholo Re a story of person who is in search of identity. The story is set in 1990 Calcutta, the protagonist is inspired from Rabindranath Tagore song, Ekla Cholo Re. There are few books I have read on characters that are stuck between ‘She’ or ‘He’ but didn’t see a progressive approach of such characters.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, pretty much! I end up writing anywhere on anything!
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m inspired by Bible and several books out of it. I’m also enlightened by Rabindranath Tagore’s and M K Gandhi’s work.
What are you working on now?
There are few projects in pipeline the next one would ‘She Is Single’ that has tried to break a taboo of being single.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Blogging is something that could give choice to read and check for picking their genre.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
I would day ‘Write it, Write it’!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
To write a book that would give progressive approach to the readers.
What are you reading now?
Several psychology books!
What’s next for you as a writer?
Continue to write, as it gives immense pleasure!
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?
It’s definitely Bible!
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