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What inspired you to write ‘Scare Me If You Can’?

A couple of years back, on our school alumni group, a few of us began writing

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What inspired you to write ‘Scare Me If You Can’?

A couple of years back, on our school alumni group, a few of us began writing

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What is ‘Along Came A Spyder’ about?

Along Came A Spyder is the story of a seventeen-year-old girl, Samira Joshi,

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What draws you to the romance genre as a writer?

I write romance because it makes me feel good and puts a smile on my face. There isn’t another genre in fiction that does that so effortlessly.

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What is ‘The Blue Jade’ about?

‘The Blue Jade is about a young Hong Kong-based art curator, Neelam, who faces a devastating loss with the death of her parents, as a result of a rare piece of an ancient artefact.

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What is ‘Secret Wisdom from Ancient India’ all about?

‘Secret Wisdom from Ancient India’ is my humble effort to compile some pearls of wisdom, morals and human values collected from our cultural heritage.

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What is Fear of God all about?

Simply said, it goes on the simple philosophy that if you abide by the law you are protected by it. If you break the law you must surrender to it and if you think you are above the law then there is only Fear of God! So, in the book, Fear of God is a achination that deals with those who think they are above the law.

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What is Predators and Prey about?

Predators and Prey is a dyed-in-the-wool thriller, set in India. It has a mix of technology, espionage, and a high-stake game of deception and ruthlessness. I would call it India’s first masala-tech-thriller!

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Did you base the character on any known cricketer? If so, who?

The protagonist of the novel Suraj Bhatkal is an original character. However, there are traits of certain real-life cricketers. I modelled the batting stance of the Suraj on Shivnarine Chanderpaul, his bowling on Zaheer Khan and his captaincy style on what I thought Ravi Shastri could have been if he had captained India.

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