Skip to main content

Somewhere @ Nowhere - The Book

FINALLY ....


After a tryst with so-called-creativity, I have come up with a book - Somewhere @ Nowhere.

You can have a sneak peek at the story & a few pages from the publisher's website and order the same & get it home delivered anywhere in India/ Abroad.

Details as mentioned below-

- Preview and get the book home delivered from HERE

Also, you can join the following groups -

- Orkut Community



Hope you like the work. Would appreciate a feedback.

Till then ... Happy Reading!!!

And yeah, please spread the word
(relying on word of mouth & word of blog publicity)


:-)
___

Update (18/02/2010) - Thanks for the initial response to the book :)


Update2 (25/ 02/ 2010) - Thanks for the feedbacks on the book those who have read it. (hope to get a feedback by others soon). Encourages me to overcome inertia and write more!


Meanwhile, those who ask for why is it currently not available in traditional retail outlets - well, I hope it will be done in some time (which might take a few months at least). 


Main reason to not go with a traditional publisher was to retain control over content (tempted to use jargons like "creative control" and all!). A few of them wanted stuff what sells like - "life at IIT/IIM" kind of stuff, a mandatory love story with lots of "open sex" plus lots of Bollywood masala; and I didn't want it to be like one of those run off the mill kind of stuff!


And yeah, looking at the feedbacks I am not regretting it :-) !

Comments

  1. Ankit10:06 AM, February 13, 2010

    Awesomeness in it's true 32 colors... Great going!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Munmun10:16 AM, February 13, 2010

    Good job! I should order a copy soon!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Nikesh Rathi1:40 PM, February 13, 2010

    @ Ankit, Munmun - Thanks! Hope you like the work :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Devesh11:46 AM, February 14, 2010

    Sounds interesting Nikesh. I will definitely go for your debut.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Pradnya3:33 PM, February 16, 2010

    Great going!!! Will order a copy soon.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Anonymous10:36 PM, February 16, 2010

    Hi Ankit..first of all thanks for visiting my blog..good to know about your debut book..would definitely go for it..keep the good work going !

    ReplyDelete
  7. Anonymous11:06 PM, February 17, 2010

    wow!! I was not knowing that a writer has landed in my blog...*feels great*......will surely go through your all the links... :)
    Good luck for your book and hope you grow for each and every moment of your life.
    Keep smiling....

    ReplyDelete
  8. Nikesh Rathi11:36 AM, February 18, 2010

    @ Devesh, Pradnya - Thanks. Hope you like it :)

    @ Maverichshree, Neilina - Thanks for dropping by. Hope you like the book!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Mrinal Bhattacharya2:50 PM, February 20, 2010

    I recently came across your blogs..and the work was worth reading...esp.the 4liners were real treat...
    BEST WISHES for your book..
    Love reading...so will please to read your stuff...
    Good Job!!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Swaram4:53 PM, February 21, 2010

    Wow! Thatz awesome :)
    Congratulations .. heading there for a sneak peak :)

    ReplyDelete
  11. Anonymous9:36 PM, February 22, 2010

    the first time i visit your blog and u surprise me with this- u are an author! how cool is that??! super cool, if u ask me.. congratulations on ur book.. will head over to read the preview..

    ReplyDelete
  12. Nikesh Rathi11:28 PM, February 22, 2010

    @ Mrinal, Swaram, Mandira - Thanks. hope you like the book :)

    ReplyDelete
  13. Sh@s11:06 PM, February 24, 2010

    Congrats! for ur book. Will check it out. Hey it will be nice if u can write about the book, ur inspiration to write it n all in ur blog. It would be nice as it may giv us a view of what went into the making of the book.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Gauri Gharpure11:50 PM, September 01, 2010

    congratulations.. being published is a great honour and i wish you success..

    ReplyDelete
  15. All Talk and No Action9:09 PM, October 14, 2010

    Congratulations Nik and wish you all the very best.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Shop @ Amazon

Popular posts from this blog

K-eediyot box

(Disclaimer - Please do not think that I don't know spellings ... my numerologist told to use the above spelling for eediyot and add a k before it, this will help generate more TRP and comments for the blog) Time 7 : 30 - 8 PM, 8 - 8 : 30 PM .... 10 : 30 - 11 PM Venue - Zee TV, Star Plus, Sony entertainment etc. etc. Figure this - A family drawing room belonging to an extremely rich business house occupied with a mixture of emotional and scheming characters - 1 saas, 2 bahus, 1 son (+1 who makes an entry unaware of what is happening), 2 random distant relatives, 3 random cousins, all mouthing dialogues that have earlier been said by actors ranging from Nirupa Roy to Rajesh Khanna, followed by a long silence, 13 camera angles for same scene (top view, side view, cross sectional view, lateral view, 45 degree elevation view) , flashbacks and memories that last few episodes, good people becoming evil, evil people actually being un-evil, rebirths, amnesia, a background score that often ...
11 comments
Read more

The Forest

The Toyota Qualis and the Chvrolet Tavera stopped after a long journey. It was almost 9 in the night and it was pitch-dark. Night times in a forest are always pitch-dark. Adding to that it was a good `thirteen days since the last full moon day. Adding to this, the cloudy weather made visibility close to zero. Later in the night the forest would be engulfed in a fog making it nearly impossible to see. The only noise audible was that of silence, few random insects and that of a train going at a distance. After a long journey they all were quite weary and all they wanted was some rest so that the next day morning they can head for tiger and rhino spotting among many other species of flora and fauna in the wildlife sanctuary. Right now it was time for some parathas, maggi and booze. All fifteen of them headed for the cottage which they had booked, sat near the fire place relishing food, chit chatting about college life, universe and everything. But chit chatting wasn’t what they came ...
10 comments
Read more

The story behind credit card debts & personal loans

Any one with even an iota of interest in personal finance & its workings would probably know that credit card debts and personal loans are usually the worst kinds of debt traps that you can fall into. Yet many people fall into that trap again and again. Many people do come out of it eventually but some don't & this becomes a part of their "lifestyle". That you are eventually paying much more than you need to, if you default on credit card payments intentionally or unintentionally (probably @ 36 % per annum or something similar) or take a personal loan (say, @ 12% per annum or so) is not hard to fathom. However behind these numbers, there may be even a deeper story - that usually that of not having control over expenses or not having created a buffer amount. While there may be some pressing need like unplanned or recurring medical expenses which fuels sudden demand of money or an unexpected job loss, in many other cases this need may be fueled by lack of plani...
12 comments
Read more

Somewhere @ Nowhere

Somewhere @ Nowhere Coming soon ... As of now a snapshot at the cover design - (LHS - Back Cover, RHS - Front Cover)
7 comments
Read more

We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented

(Disclaimer: I am NOT justifying any action or behavior. I am just speculating why people usually act so) _________________________________________________________ “We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented” – The Truman Show (a 1998 movie starring Jim Carrey) The above line explains a great deal about why we hold on to some beliefs as gospel truths, and form our judgment about things and act in a specific pattern. This movie (which I feel is still quite under-rated!) had Jim Carrey, a person whose entire life had been a live, non-stop, unedited television show. He lived in a world which was completely artificial; everything, everyone knew that everything were fake. But the person was real. His emotions were real. He was conditioned to a certain realities of world, and believed in it. The makers of the show did not want to show him what the ‘actual’ world was. He was made not to want to explore the outside world, made to fear things that could have led him ...
5 comments
Read more