I had worked at Hughes Software way back in 1997 and so I approached Vinod Sood with the idea of a book read at what had now become Hughes Systique Corp. I was very glad when he promptly accepted. The event was scheduled for 20th may, 4pm.

It is the majors time at IIT-Delhi and so everyone is very busy ... (In case you haven't read my book, majors are final semster exams). Yet I thought I would put up my book's posters in the hostels so that students can read the book during summer vaccation.

Lot of my friends ask me how did I get down to writing a fiction novel. Me of all people, who was never on the school's editorial board (well, except a semster when I was the Hindi Samiti rep at IIT-D - more by lack of choice than by choice). It surprises me as much as it surprises others . Yet as with many first-time authors, the true answer is "It just happened". However, there is a bit of story, a bit of inspiration, and a lot of circumstance behind it. Here it goes ...