Q1) What kept on inspiring you to write Shiva Origins: The Son of Ganga?
A: The greatness of our Ancient Indian Legacy and the hidden secrets within Yogic teachings were the 2 main inspirations that kept me focussed to complete this novel.
Q2) Can you describe briefly about this book?
A: Shiva Origins is an attempt to combine Indian mythology and yogic knowledge in an adventurous way. The book contains some rare and forbidden secrets of Yoga in addition to a revolutionary mythological twist. There are multiple engaging plot lines that will run parallel with the ultimate aim to reveal the origins of Lord Shiva.
Q3) Are you planning it to be turned into a sequel anytime?
A: It’s already a duology. You have the Shiva Origins and Shiva Origins 2.
Q4) What did you learn while writing this?
A: ‘Known is a drop, unknown is an ocean.’
Q5) What surprised you the most throughout the journey?
A: To be honest, the novel’s flow shifted away from my control at one point. What I intended to write and what I ended up writing are two different things. I felt a great divine force guiding me while writing Shiva Origins. Thus, it was with the blessings of the divine force, that I am able to complete this story. And it was very surprising because I never imagined such things to happen when I started to write Shiva Origins.
Q6) Can you briefly explain about the title's origination and meaning?
A: Shiva Origins is the series name. The duology will ultimately reveal the theoretical origins of Lord Shiva which goes beyond the knowledge of Vedas. The series will portray the life history of Lord Shiva and the legacy he left behind for mankind and thus it was named as Shiva Origins. And the first part is named as ‘The Son of Ganga’ because of some special reason which I can’t reveal now. But one thing I can say is that, The son of Ganga meant in the title is not referring to Lord Shiva.
Q7) Did you find yourself more or less sympathetic towards the subject you wrote?
A: Yes. I wanted to be neutral but somehow, I felt that I was not able to do so.
Q8) What happened behind the scenes while writing Shiva Origins?
A: A lot of thing happened. There were in depth brainstorming sessions with my team throughout the story creation, multiple rounds of editing sessions with my editors, about 20 test read sessions with beta readers for their opinions and a detailed novel cover creation session with Arthat Studio to create one of the best novel covers in Indian book publishing history.
Q9) Were characters inspired by real story as the subject is mythological?
A: Not really. The characters are based on fictional imagination.
Q10) What do you think happened to the characters after the book ended?
A: The main characters are still living inside my mind.
Q11) Are you planning to pick some different genre (off-track), which you never worked on?
A: Yes. I have a good romantic story in my mind and would like to write it in near future.
