How I
came into writing
I have written in
recent years four books, which included a short story book, two novels and a simplified version of Bhagavad Gita. Their published copies have been available on popular
selling platforms. Many of the learned readers
of my books, aware of my background as Government officer, showed their keenness to know how I
got into writing. They talked about my
books with probing questions. In order to meet queries , I have taken the convenient rout to post in series in my blog/website about
my books and my journey as a writer.
It is interesting
to recall how I came into writing . As long as I was in position in Government,
I did not pick up pen and paper except to write a few mid page articles in news
papers. However, after my superannuation I had all the time to myself and began
to jot down in leisurely hours recalling some incidents and occurrences of the
past which had left lasting impression on
my mind. Then I began to pour out my thoughts from those picked up
incidents and happenings and articulated them into a readable stuff.
However, it did
not cross my mind to have them published
until my friend Prof. Pradeep Mathur, a very senior journalist, vouched with conviction that this was precious publishing stuff. He even went ahead
to take upon himself the responsibility to have it published through his
Peoples syndicate. That is how the first edition of my book ‘My Times My Tales’ , with twenty
seven short stories, was published . The
book was formally released in the year 2016 at Civil Service Officers Club, New Delhi.
Since Mr Mathur’s
Syndicate was not professionally equipped to continue handling publishing and
distributing responsibility, I assigned the job with his concurrence to a
publishing house in the year 2024. That is how its second edition was out which
is available at Amazon and other selling platforms. The feed back that I
received from learned readers was very encouraging. Each story of the book ‘My
Times My Tales’ has been recognised as excellent
narration of interesting tales.
Going by the positive feed back and growing demand for Hindi version of
the these twenty seven short stories, I tried my hand and after successful
translation of all the stories in Devnagari script, I got published the book
under the title ‘Mere samey Ki Meri Kahaniyan’. Thus the Hindi version of the
short stories came also on selling platforms including Amazon and Flipkart.
And with this first story book, both in English and
Hindi, began my writing venture and the
pen moves on.
……to be
continued in the next post
