This morning my father showed up in my dream! Of course in my dream, because he has been dead for 42 years. In my dream, he was coughing and looked sick. I asked him whether he was hurting. He answered an emphatic “No”. I reminded him that he spent a lot of money helping me become a doctor and that I was confident he needed a doctor. He did not budge. He never listened to me. I had to insert…..
Most fictional literature is to some extent based upon real-life events and nonfictional works often originate from fictional assumptions. Even mythology has a factual basis while great works of science were later on proven fictional! Margaret Mitchell once admitted that her character Rhett Butler (from Gone with the Wind) was based on a person she had seen in her life. The villains in Shakespearian plays were usually “lean, mean and thin”! Shakespeare must have seen quite a few “Cassiuses” in…..
“Shyam, old people and old traditions die hard!” Aba said with a long sigh. “But young people need not trample them under their boot just because they were not much use. We Hindus offer flowers to God; do you throw them into the sewer when they wither? We put them into the flower beds to let them into a compost.” In this novel, Shyam does not contest Aba’s argument out of deference but it leaves him thinking, “Where do the…..
I’m excited to announce the release of the official book trailer for my novel! Watch on YouTube here…
Never did I imagine that choosing pediatrics as my career would impact me so much spiritually. When I graduated from medical school, making money to pay off loans was not on the mind of most medical graduates. I had excellent grades and a strong resume to allow me a choice of any specialty, but I inclined towards pediatrics because when I peeked into myself, I found a thinker than a doer. This ruled out all surgical fields. Of the medical…..
” I wanted to convert to Christianity,” my father casually remarked as we returned from watching a cricket match, It made a profound and indelible impression on my eight year old mind. We had been talking about the British influence on Indian psyche an how cricket and English language were two lasting legacies that the Indians enthusiastically adopted. After all cricket was just a game and adopting a second language for one’s own benefit could not be considered a sacrilege……
When I say my faith, I do not mean my religious inclinations. I truly believe in God and His role in guiding my life. My novel ” The Defender of Faith” is a reflection of this conviction. The protagonist of this novel, Shyam, is in a spiritual dilemma but has no doubts about presence of a guiding light. He has repeatedly seen this helping hand in the form of a friend or mentor. The novel has characters like Professor Fisher…..