So tell me what you want, what you really-really want…

Okay, so here I am, finally building up this website into something worthwhile. Not a hype-my-new-book author website full of BSP or a navel-gazing blog-about-boogers, but someplace where you can actually get information, useful stuff.

Like what’s happening with my Mba, are there going be more books in my Ramayana series, what happened to all those other cool books and ideas I used to blog-talk about, like Vortal, Gandhi’s War, Iron Gods, Becoming Kali, Vetaal: The First Vampire, etc. What is the Sword of Dharma? Is there really a Ramayana film adaptation in the works? Who’s producing-directing-starring? What happened to my autobiographical docudrama Beautiful Ugly? What’s Mahayoddha Rama about and how does it relate to my Ramayana books? And all those other questions that I know are burning up brain cells in the heads of so many of you out there.

The answers are coming. Not just those but a whole bunch more. I’m also working on a long (and a short) version of my bio, which I will also post as I’m writing it–it’s going to be long, so expect it to take a while.

I’ll also do rad things that authors are apparently not supposed to do–like offer pirated versions of my own books! Yes, you read that correctly. Call me an old Radical or just an anti-authority geek. I’m also planning to publish books under both the EPIC INDIA and INDIAN ENGLISH imprints (EI and IE respectively, in short).

But most of all, none of this will be done at the expense of my real day-job: writing books, some of the ones mentioned above, but most of all, the Mba. Because that’s really what you all want to see next, isn’t it? Or the majority of you anyway. You want to get on those wild Kambhoja mares and stallions and ride with me to…”Hastinapura where the blind king ruled”…Well, there’s been some developments on that front, and it’s possible the long wait may come to an end sooner than some of you expected. Although of course, I’m sure I can never please readers like the young collegian who asked me, ‘Why can’t you just publish all 18 books together and put them in the bookstores?’ Yeah, right, and Rome can be built in, like, 23 hours and a few minutes.

But most of all, this site is about you, not me. It’s yourspace, not myspace, a community center, our personal Orkut or whatever you want to call it. I’m going to resurrect the message boards (have still got all your old posts) and even perhaps re-start the old group.

And I want to know what you think, what you want, what you really-really want…

So talk to me, guys. Go to the Readerswrite page (link at the top of the page) and send me a comment with your suggestions, wants, needs. Extra toppings, sure, would you prefer anchovies or chilli-paneer? Go on. Text me now. Your comment is my command.