THE LITTLE RAINMAKER

My book THE LITTLE RAINMAKER published by Penguin Random House, India is available on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2OS9Ylz

It’s the year 2028 and it’s been ten years since it last rained . . . anywhere in the world

Ten-year-old Anoushqa has never seen rain and doesn’t believe in the stories that her Grampa tells of rainbows, thunder and lightning. Until, one day, her life is turned upside down when her beloved Grampa is on his deathbed and his last wish is to see rain! Thus Anoushqa sets out on a journey to make it rain. Will Anoushqa be able to fulfill Grampa’s dream after all? The Little Rainmaker is a story of hope, power and the fierce determination of a little girl in the face of an acute environmental crisis.

My debut fiction now available on Kindle

Writer Madeleine L’Engle says “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”   I am happy to share that my book ‘The Little Rainmaker’ is now …

Becoming an Author…

I took a break from my T.V writing last year to take full time care of my son Shivaan. But after about two months or so I was itching to write again. Although I did not want to go back to commercial work projects yet, I had a couple of book ideas running in my head and I decided to work on them.

I started with writing on weekends when my husband was at home to look after my son and this way i finished one book. The joy of completing a book was unparalleled and I cried for a full twenty minutes the day I finished my first draft.

That book went on to reach the Top 20 in Disney’s Pitchkiaow contest in India which gave me further encouragement to write another book.

I completed the second book and entered it in Times Chickenhouse fiction competition, London, 2016 and was surprised to see my name in Top 20 all over the world. Here’s the link.

https://www.chickenhousebooks.com/blog/we-have-a-longlist-2/

P.S. I continue to work on these two books. Write, rewrite and then rewrite again. Nothing in my work has given me so much happiness as writing these two books.