Three years ago when I quit my investment banking job to write, I was a beginner writer. (I am still a new writer.) Update August 2025: Now I can say I am not such a new writer. I am still learning though, even when I have published my first book.
MY FIRST BOOK
Journeys Beyond and Within...
IS HERE!
In my vivid narrative style (that readers love, ahem), I have told my most incredible adventures, including a nine-month solo trip to South America. In the candid book, the scoldings I got from home for not settling down and the fears and obstacles I faced, along with my career experiments, are laid bare. Witty and introspective, the memoir will make you laugh and inspire you to travel, rediscover home, and leap over the boundaries.
Sikkim Express: "Simple, free-flowing, but immensely evocative."
The Telegraph Online: "An introspective as well as an adventurous read."
Grab your copy now!
The memoir is available globally. Search for the title on your country's Amazon.
Or, read a chapter first. Claim your completely free First Chapter here.
At the beginning of my writing career, I decided to travel to Chile and teach English there. People say a new environment and immersive travel experiences inspire one to write.
The high-altitude Andean landscapes took my oxygen away. Chileans stared at me until I was gone from their view. My host mother fed me pyramids of bread and cheese. Spanish dumbfounded me. During the chaos, I managed to write most days.
In the past three years, I’ve written (almost) daily, published regularly on my blog, earned by writing for clients, published poems in a book, contributed to many Medium and other big and small publications, published stories in magazines, and become a top writer on Quora and a top Travel Writer on Medium. I felt confident enough to give my best blogging tips to beginner bloggers. [Update 2022: Four+ years on, I’ve more achievements to list. But the fact that I write daily remains the same. Update 2025: I write on most days, and now have had my blog, On My Canvas, for eight years.]
Are you joking?