Celebrating Authors at the Literature Festival
Meet the talented authors participating in the literature festival, with links to their works and contributions to the literary world.
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Author Profiles Showcase
Explore the diverse talents of authors participating in our exciting literature festival. Discover their stories.
Author Sanjay Lazar, is a Motivational Coach, speaks on Leadership, Team Building, Communication, Personal tragedy & achieving success through failure.
Author Sanjay Lazar is the Amazon best-selling author of ON ANGELS’ WINGS- Beyond the bombing of Air India 182, the true story of the AIR INDIA KANISHKA BOMBING; and Co-authored STORIES OF COURAGE; PAGES OF POWER.
Sanjay is a media personality, public speaker & motivational coach, Aviation expert & Harvard Law Professional, and has multiple TV appearances with Barkha Dutt, Shiv Aroor, Aditya Raj Kaul, Devika Chopra, Vishnu Som
Author Kumar Shah believes that life is a manifestation of aspirations and dreams.
He is a multi-talented sportsperson and an adventure enthusiast who has ridden his 19-year-old RE motorcycle through the Silk Route from India to London and in more than 36 countries.His book 'Ride Your Dreams' is a daily chronicle of traversing challenging landscapes and diverse climates across many nations. Kumar's journey will serve as a blueprint for adventure seekers, especially the riding community of India, You can find his books here
Author Sujata Taterh is an accomplished author, educationist, trainer, and speaker with nearly 40 years of experience in the field of education.
Her articles and book reviews have been published in CENBOSEC (a CBSE journal) and The Times of India.She is the author of two #1 Amazon bestselling books, Fiction: ‘Entangled Destinies: Search for Love, Truth and Joy’ and Non-Fiction: ‘The Power of Creativity in Education: Proven Strategies to Transform Young Minds’. Her third book: ‘The Power of Creativity in Education: Empowering Parents and Society’ .https://www.amazon.in/stores/Sujata-Taterh/author/B0CH3QMV8C
Author Sritapa Mahanty is an Indian author, nature lover, and storyteller known for capturing life's emotions in her writing.
Hailing from Jamshedpur, she has published five books across fiction, non-fiction, quotes and poetry. Sritapa has been honored with the IAA Authors Award and the IAA Voice Award in literature.
Sritapa Mahanty is a Bestselling Author of A Heart’s Journey, Love Connection, Pages of Power, Calm the Angry Bird Within and more.
https://www.amazon.in/stores/Sritapa-Mahanty/author/B0D6WDM36T
Author CA Jasbir Basu, a Mumbai-based Author, seamlessly transitioned from finance to literature. A top achiever in the CA exams, she has worked with KPMG and Bank of Nova Scotia.
Jasbir's debut book was, "Not Without My Mother," Jasbir has co-authored 3 books namely Pages of Power, Revolutionaries of India 1857 to 1947 and Stories of Courage. All three books are bestsellers on Amazon.
Clarity Coach & Multiple Award-Winning Author Siddharth Sen is an engineer by profession, a poet since age 6, a traveler, and a nature lover at heart.
Siddharth has traveled to more than 300+ cities in his IT career spanning two decades. Siddharth has written 20+ fiction and non-fiction Books. Apart from his books, he is a Clarity Coach and Green Earth Activist. His published works include Bestsellers like Adventures Of Sami, The Girl In The Well, A Quote A Day - A Miracle Everyday, Pages of Power, The Manor, Four Dimples and a Blush and many more are not just to tell a story, but also to create awareness of mindfulness, warmth and love in the surroundings and society we live in based on his extensive experience of living with multiple cultures of the world.
Author Sonali Rasal is a Pune-based Landscape Architect. She writes fluently in three languages English, Hindi and Marathi. She has recited her poems at various prestigious forums including the Tata International Litfest 2023, Mumbai Litfest 2024, Pune Book Fair and Jashn-e-Adab (2023-24)
#THE L WORD, her first published book of love poems has been received well at Lit-fests and Book Fairs all over India. She is the founder of a poetry circle The Corinthians Literati, Pune.
Author Amol Kulkarni, an engineer by education, is currently working as an IT professional in an MNC and has managed to pursue his hobby of writing stories while working. Conceptualizing stories is his favorite pastime, and converting them into books his ultimate aim.
The story telling mediums like books and movies fascinates him and he has a strong desire to be part of it. Ideas envisioned in his mind blends real life experiences with imagination and are deftly handled making them more realistic.
His latest book ‘The Diary, the Crooks and the Albatross’, received good reviews on Goodreads, Amazon and Instagram.
https://www.amazon.in/Diary-Crooks-Albatross-K-Amol/dp/9395481285
Author Alisha can be best described with three words - energy, inspiration, and change. As a Classical Dancer she has performed at various temples, festivals, and events. She holds the Limca Book of Records, Spotlight World Record, and High Range Book of World Records in Dance and was awarded with the title “Nadana Kalaikothai”. She has also received the Guinness World Record for her Ananda Thandavam performance at Pondicherry. Alisha lives by the motto of "Spreading Love, Spreading Happiness and Celebrating Life - Every Single Day!"
An MBA from SPJIMR, a trained Bharatanatyam and Kathak dancer who promotes art and mythological storytelling through dance. She Founded the Happiness Mappers Foundation (HMF) to empower lives at the grassroots level. She has written two books - ‘Life Happens Despite’ and ‘The Worn Garland’.
https://www.amazon.in/Life-Happens-Despite-Challenges-Happiness/dp/B0CNDVTPND
Author Renuka Nair is a novelist, tutor, and former banker. Raised in Bandra West, Mumbai, she holds a master’s degree in mathematics & computer science from Mumbai University, and an MBA in finance from NMIMS.
After being a banker for 15 years at State Bank of India, ICICI and Axis Bank, she quit banking to start her coaching institute and take up the post of a Finance Director at an Energy Conservation company in Baroda. She has published two novels:
The Nights are Alive!
Life Comes a Full Circle! and has contributed a story to the anthology book Stories of Courage.
https://www.amazon.in/Life-comes-Full-Circle-Renuka/dp/9359893897
Author Mridusmita Das is a software project manager at a reputed MNC. Writing has been her passion since childhood.
She is the author of bestseller novels 'A Widow: Rebirth from Her Ashes', 'Sparrows of Michigan', and 'Broken Relationships-2 For Tango, 3 Is Crowd'.
Her books in collaboration with Super7 include three bestsellers A QUOTE A DAY MIRACLE EVERYDAY, LOVE CONNECTION, CALM DOWN THE ANGRY BIRD WITHIN: The Mantra to P(e)acify and STORIES OF COURAGE.
Col Ashish Raisinghani is serving with the Indian Armed Forces for more than 25 years which gives him lot of opportunities to travel and see new places. He is an avid Traveller and passionate Biker, and loves to see new places, meet new people & learn everything about that place - his area of expertise being Budget Travel Planning & Backpacking Trips.
He has covered almost entire India and more than 35 odd countries across the globe. He has been penning down his own travel experiences in form of Travelogues since last more than 18 years now. Thirteen of these personal travel experiences have been compiled by the author in his maiden Travel Book – “Confessions of a Traveloholic”. The book was launched about five years back and it has already sold more than 2500 copies worldwide. The highlight among the reviews has been a detailed review received by the author from none other than Mr Amitabh Bachchan. The book has been showcased in numerous Literature Festivals and Book Festivals, including Pune Book Fair and New Delhi World Book Fair.
https://www.amazon.in/Confessions-Traveloholic-Ashish-Raisinghani-ebook/dp/B07TFFM186
Author Natansh Dubey is a senior HR professional with an IT MNC and based in Pune for the last 10 years.
A law graduate with an MBA in HR and Masters in Psychology, Natansh is passionate about human and organizational behavior. He is passionate about mentoring and grooming people and thereby bringing out the best in them. Natansh has authored two fiction novels, Love's Hangover and Shattered Illusions.
Shivangi Jain is a Learning Architect, Psychologist and writer. She is a passionate advocate of mental wellness and believes in harnessing the highest power of oneself. She lives by the principles of spreading love, happiness and kindness in this world and her work revolves around the same.
She is a bike rider as well, with her Avenger she aspires to build a life on wheels for herself that resonates with her free and nomadic soul. She has recently put together the best of her written works from the last 14 years in the form of a poetry collection, Polaroids - Life in Snapshots. She has received the prestigious 21st Century Emily Dickinson award and Sahitya Sparsh award for her written works.
The author profiles showcased here truly capture the essence of their literary contributions and festival spirit.
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