Books
The Aryan Series: A Coming of Age Literary Fiction Series
A Fisherman’s Dream
(Book 1)
He’s a poor fisherman who dreams of becoming a famous artist one day. A chance encounter with a businessman gives him an opportunity to chase his dream. Will he grab the opportunity to pursue his dream until he makes it? Or will fear of failure get the best of him?
As Aryan lives the mundane life of a fisherman in the coastal village of Kornur, India, he secretly dreams of becoming an artist one day. Fate gives him a chance to achieve his dream and he moves to Mumbai in the hope of becoming a successful artist. His life in Mumbai as a struggling artist is full of ups and downs, and the new things he learns and experiences set him off on an unintentional journey of self-discovery.
As Aryan comes to realize that it is much more difficult and frustrating to achieve his dream than he had expected, he begins to question his dream and his ability to achieve it.
Does Aryan have what it takes to push through the obstacles until he turns his dream into his reality? Or will he lose himself in the struggle and give up on his dream?
A Fisherman’s Dream is the first book in a literary fiction series and is a coming-of-age story about perseverance and survival. If you liked The Stranger by Albert Camus, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, or Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, then you will love this book.
Buy A Fisherman’s Dream to start experiencing the life and times of Aryan today!
The Barefoot Artist
(Book 2)
After the death of his mother, Aryan once again finds himself living the mundane life of a poor fisherman with no hope in sight. He has forcefully shelved his painful memories of being a struggling artist in Mumbai into a remote corner of his mind. Down and out and disillusioned with life, he decides to abandon forever his dream of becoming an artist.
However, just as it did a few years ago, fate gives him another unexpected opportunity to chase his dream and he reluctantly seizes it. He moves to Mumbai and embarks on another journey full of emotional ups and downs as he deals with the emotions of anger and guilt and shame that dwell deep in his conscience, leading to his development as an artist and a human being.
This time he is more confident in his dream and his ability to achieve it than ever before. And although he still battles with the crippling feelings of doubt and uncertainty, he feels prepared to go all the way until he finally makes it as an artist.
But will Aryan make it this time? Or will he give in to the temptation of quitting on himself and his long-held dream?
The Barefoot Artist is the second book in a literary fiction series and is a coming-of-age story about hope and never giving up. If you liked the first book in this series, A Fisherman’s Dream, or The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, then you will love this book.
Buy The Barefoot Artist to experience the emotions and struggles Aryan has to go through to realize his dream!
Life in Kornur Series: A Literary and Social Fiction Series
Untouchable Lives
(Book 1)
Untouchable Lives is a novella written as a series of vignettes that chronicle the daily lives of manual scavengers, sewer cleaners, cow skinners, cobblers, and fishermen, all untouchable inhabitants in the coastal village of Kornur, India.
Untouchability is a social evil that has been a part of Indian society for centuries. It is the practice of ostracizing a group of people deemed as untouchables due to their low caste in the rigid and dogmatic caste system.
These vignettes highlight the plight of the untouchables. They portray the daily discrimination faced by them, the humiliation they have to endure, the dreadful and inhumane jobs they still continue to do due to tradition, their innocent ambitions and desires, and the small things that make them happy. Simultaneously, they also show the gradual development of a backward and secluded coastal village slowly transforming into a city against the wishes of its inhabitants.
These stories are based on similar incidents that occur quite often even to this day and deal with the subjects of ostracization, class, caste, etc.
Untouchable Lives is the first novella in a literary and social fiction series. If you like the works of John Steinbeck or Toni Morrison, then you will love this book.
Buy Untouchable Lives to experience and understand the lives of the most disenfranchised population in the Indian subcontinent today!
Rumor Mill
(Book 2)
Rumor Mill is a novella written as a series of vignettes that chronicle the daily lives of tea vendors, rickshaw drivers, coconut tree climbers, landless farmers, and manual scavengers, all untouchable inhabitants in the coastal village of Kornur, India.
Rumor Mill is the second novella in this series. If you like the works of John Steinbeck or Toni Morrison, then you will love this book.
Buy Rumor Mill to experience and understand the lives of the most disenfranchised population in the Indian subcontinent today!
Changing Times
(Book 3)
Changing Times is a novella written as a series of vignettes that chronicle the daily lives of school children, the celebration of the harvest festival of the village, and the gradual development of a backward and secluded coastal village slowly transforming into a city against the wishes of its inhabitants.
Changing Times is the third novella in a literary and social fiction series. If you like the works of R.K. Narayan and Rabindranath Tagore, then you will love this book.
Buy Changing Times to experience the simple and interesting lives of the inhabitants of a small coastal village in India!
