Navarasa by Lotus

 Rajiv Kumar hails from Bangalore. He is an engineering graduate of B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore and is currently working in Bangalore. He maintains a list of ïdirectors; and he dreams he would someday write stories and screenplays for them. He believes that creativity is beyond languages. He has been heavily influenced by almost everything „from his memory of watching cartoons on Doordarshan as a kid, school days' gossiping, comic books, dreams, nightmares, movies...After reading many short stories, he felt that readers' minds have been tuned to perceive short stories as a stand-alone tale, which can be read in one sitting, waiting for the twist in the end. Craving to create a niche for himself, his collection of short stories, have the essence of entertainment, taking the experience of reading a short story to a new level. The result is ñNavarasa by lotusî. He is currently writing a thriller novel; it's a story set in an alternate universe. Rajiv can be contacted at [email protected]