An Indian author based in Mumbai. Husband to Bithika, father to Yashka & Ayush, care-giver to Willow. I read a lot, write a little. I'm neither religious nor spiritual. I believe that peace and non-violence are the only way - along with love and books! Over 1 million copies in print worldwide. Stick around, sip chai, talk to me. Don't look for a bio here, there isn't one! PS: I am not on any social net - Facebook, Orkut, Twitter, Goodreads, etc - nor on the comments section of websites and forums. I only post here on my own blog. Waiting eagerly for my Mba and other books? Visit the Request A Book page. Next: SLAYER OF KAMSA: Book 1 of The Krishna Coriolis in October!

SLAYER OF KAMSA: Book 1 of The Krishna Coriolis will be out next month (October). Written in a pacier style than my Ramayana Series, this short impactful book details the rise to power of the monstrous Kamsa and his brutal campaign to thwart the birth of the prophesied 8th Child. Click to read Excerpts! Click to request a signed copy.

For all those of you waiting eagerly for news of VoR, SoS, Mba or any of my future books, updates will be posted soon. To keep it simple, I've decided to feature only one forthcoming book at a time.

CRIME TRILOGY: The Iron Bra, Murder & Champagne, Ten Dead Admen (1993)

Vertigo (1994)

RAMAYANA SERIES*
Prince of Ayodhya (2003)
Siege of Mithila (2003)
Demons of Chitrakut (2004)
Armies of Hanuman (2005)
Bridge of Rama (2005)
King of Ayodhya (2006)

Gods of War (2009)

Slayer of Kamsa (2010)


*Ramayana Series is also available in hardcover omnibus editions:PRINCE OF DHARMA, PRINCE IN EXILE, PRINCE AT WAR.

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In this cup, the ocean

My Sister The Moon

In The Shadow of Her Wings

Mother's Day

Devi Darshan

Flesh Songs

Six-gun Vixen and the Dead Coon Trashgang

Links to a few old book reviews, columns, news articles by me found on the web. (Most of my 2,000+ published bylines over 25 years were published in pre-internet times and aren't online.)

Book review of Tivolem by Victor Rangel-Ribeiro in Outlook Magazine, 1998

Book review of Are All Women Leg-Spinners by Anurag Mathur in India Today, 1998

Travel feature on Ujjain at Rediff.com, 1999

Outlook cover story with research, interviews and written entirely by me, working freelance, 1999

News feature in Indian Express about Corruption in Indian Television, 1999

Book review of Ecstasy by Sudhir Kakar at Rediff.com, 2001
At the time this review was published, I had already begun work on my Ramayana Series, and had completed most of the first volume Prince of Dharma (later split into Prince of Ayodhya and Siege of Mithila to accommodate the publisher's page limit).