Wondering...

...Why on earth, the number of fiction writer in India are so less? I mean, go to any bookstore like Crossword, you will see books divided in sections based on different categories like Mystery, Romance etc etc. and there is a small section of Indian Fiction. Why?

Being an Indian and living in India, the stores too don't have a a large section for Indian fiction compared to other authors. Why are Indians so not in to writing. the main reason: Society.

I mean, children, who are so good in English or have good literary/writing skills, do not opt for writing as their career because of their parents or society. they want to be an engineer or doctors even though they have no interest in that fields. If a child does not do his engg from IIT or MBBS from AIIMS, then that child is a disgrace to that family.

According to my mom, if you want to become a writer then, first get a good job, earn some money and then write. I mean, what is all this shit, getting job and earning money. I can earn money, through writing too but no that's not a wise decision according to my mom.

There is my brother, who is so into writing but just cannot write because he's giving his 12th then entrance exam for all engineering institute. He doesn't have time for the thing which he loves most. His biggest ambition is to get his work published and recognized all over the world but who knows when that day will come.

Then there's another problem about choosing a genre. I mean if a person decides to write a book, then on what topic should he write because Indian readers doesn't normally read Indian fiction and if they read. then the book is normally on 'life in IIT/IIM with a love story'. That means, if you want your book to sell, then write about a love story in IIT or IIM.

I was writing a book on fantasy but now I'm having a second thoughts about completing it. Although I am going to complete it but have to think about publishing it.

I just wish that in near future, the fate of Indian authors rises and people read all kinds of Indian fiction.

Cheers!

My first book's Prologue :)

I'm writing a book like I said in my previous post. Thought of sharing the prologue with everyone. Here it is. Do comment and tell me what do you think of it. :)

Prologue

Ever had or experienced ‘Beautiful Nightmare’? No? Well, I have. I don’t know whether, it was a beautiful dream or a terrible nightmare, but it was something that I just cannot explain. I cannot even say that whether it was real or something out of my imagination. It was an out of the world experience. It cannot be put into words, it can just be felt, can be experienced. No, I am not out of my mind. I am as sane as you, but how do I tell you about what I experienced. It was like; I was in outer space, in other world.

May be I should explain you more, so that you will understand that I really don’t need a Psychiatrist…

For all Indians..

THIS SHOULD BE READ BY ALL INDIANS

Written by a Pakistani journalist about India.  Here's what is happening in India :

The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and would still be
left with $30 billion to spare.

The four richest Indians can buy up all goods and services produced over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still be

left with $60 billion to spare.

The four richest Indians are now richer than the forty richest Chinese.  In November, Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark
Sensex flirted with 20,000 points. As a consequence, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries became a $100 billion company (the entire KSE is capitalized at

$65 billion). Mukesh owns 48 percent of Reliance.

Mukesh is now building his new home, Residence Antillia (after a mythical, phantom island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean ). At a cost of $1 billion this would

be the most expensive home on the face of the planet.

At 173 meters tall Mukesh's new family residence, for a family of six, will be the equivalent of a 60-storeyed building..  The first six floors are reserved for parking.

The seventh floor is for car servicing and maintenance. The eighth floor houses a mini-theatre. Then there's a health club, a gym and a swimming pool.

Two floors are reserved for Ambani family's guests. Four floors above the guest floors are family floors all with a superb view of the Arabian Sea .

On top of everything are three helipads. A staff of 600 is expected to care for the family and their familyhome.

In 2004, India became the 3rd most attractive foreign direct investment destination. Pakistan wasn't even in the top 25 countries.
In 2004, the United Nations, the representative body of 192 sovereign member states, had requested the Election Commission of India to assist the UN in the

holding elections in Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah and Dowlat-e Islami-ye Afghanistan . Why the Election Commission of India and not the Election Commission of Pakistan?

After all, Islamabad is closer to Kabul than is Delhi .

For the record:
12 percent of all American scientists are of Indian origin;
38 percent of doctors in America are Indian;
36 percent of NASA scientists are Indians;
34 percent of Microsoft employees are Indians;
28 percent of IBM employees are Indians.

Sabeer Bhatia created and founded Hotmail.
Sun Microsystems was founded by Vinod Khosla..
The Intel Pentium processor, that runs 90 percent of all computers, was fathered by Vinod Dham.
Rajiv Gupta co-invented Hewlett Packard's E-speak project.
4 out of 10 Silicon Valley start-ups are run by Indians.

Bollywood produces 800 movies per year
6 Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years.
Azim Premji, the richest Muslim entrepreneur on the face of the planet, was born in Bombay and now lives in Bangalore .
India now has more than three dozen billionaires; Pakistan has none (not a single dollar billionaire) .

The other amazing aspect is the rapid pace at which India is creating wealth.

In 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh and Anil Ambani's father, left his two sons a fortune worth $2.8 billion. In 2007, their combined wealth stood at $94 billion..

On 29 October 2007, as a result of the stock market rally and the appreciation of the Indian rupee, Mukesh became the richest person in the world, with net worth

climbing to US$63.2 billion (Bill Gates, the richest American, stands at around $56 billion).

Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome haploid group.
We have the same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124). We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence.

Our culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the same movies and sing the same songs.

What is it that Indians have and we don't?
INDIANS ELECT THEIR LEADERS

And also to mention: They think of construction of own nation, unlike nations who are just concerned with destruction of others.

Remember this was written by a Pakistani..

No wonder in India we say ... Jai Hind... and others say Jai Ho!

I'm Back

It's been months that I've blogged about anything. Sorry, was kinda very busy. With my exams and some tensions, I couldn't blog about anything but now I'm back.

Currently, I'm writing a fantasy Novel.. hope it gets finished soon and hope that everyone likes it too.. I am planning on publishing that book.. let's see, its still in "Development Stage".

I can't think of anything write now.. so will blog soon..

Bye

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