It rewinds back to 2003, the second year of under graduation, a group of friends decided to perform a play which was based on the book “Dange me Murga” by Gyan Chaturvedi. Being an avid reader ever since childhood, I had read that book and wrote a script regarding the existing problems of college. There were five of us who were casted for the play and it was the first time that a play of this kind was to be performed in the college. The impact of this play was quite huge in my life. I was a person who had never seen recognition before this, this experience was quite overwhelming. It was an exuberant feeling, having an audience  of 700 ,clapping for you was all the approval that I was looking for all my life. Our confidence soured high that day, and that was the day I realised “Ismein kuch ho sakta hai”. I believe when you look back in life, you tend to reminisce very few moments that you cherish all along, for me this was one of them. I continued writing for the next two years in college.

I graduated in the year 2005 without a job. With no plan at all, I came back home and started freelance writing for two whole years for a local agency in my hometown. My first project in writing was an anthem for a school, which I wrote with the help of my college friend Muktesh Mishra. It received a positive feedback and acknowledgement. In fact, initially they did not believe that the anthem was written by us. We were given an amount of 1000 bucks, which was my first earning through writing. I still have that sum of 1000 bucks jointly earned by Mukesh and I. I keep them in my documents folder along with my marksheets and other certifications in order to keep me motivated. It might sound eerie but every year in Diwali, I even pray to that sum of money.

After two years of freelance writing, I got an admission in a renowned MBA college. It was there where I got to understand what is good writing, what is rejection. I met Samarth, who was trained in theatre, we started making short stories and worked over numerous scripts. Post my MBA I got placed in Idea, with a good profile with one of the best packages.

I never had a serious plan of becoming a writer. It was like a trek and I was not aware of the summit. I just knew that I had to climb over, one step at a time and I wanted to enjoy the journey. Once I started working, people told me that I won’t be able to write as frequently as I used to in college. I wanted to prove them all wrong but during the initial days of my corporate life, I actually wasn’t able to write. I started to feel a void within me, it was probably the dissatisfaction from within. Eventually I started writing again and strike an equilibrium between work and life. Later over the years I realised that giving up on every other thing that I was passionate about, for my job was not something that I was ready to compromise for. I worked for eight years in four different job profiles and published four books.

One thing that I got to learn from my job is patience, which is something that is not taught in schools or colleges. In today’s world we need instant gratification of the things that we do today. We live in the world of virtual reality of Instagram, where we expect instant acknowledgement. Eventually, I decided to quit my job and give a try to full time writing. Currently, I am working on a series of stories for Amazon audible and soon a new book “Ibne Batuti” will be launched. I tend to enjoy my very own  story sessions. I still say that I don’t know where the voyage is heading towards but I am taking one step at a time