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These will be followed by really bad
days when you want to jump off a
cliff after following through on a
secret urge to punch Amish Tripathi
in the gut.
But ultimately, there is the awareness
that reading and writing is your life
for better or worse, even when you
are tempted to chuck it all out the
window and take up data –
processing (whatever that means).
Anuja Chandramouli is a bestselling Indian author and New Age Indian Classicist. Her highly acclaimed debut
novel, Arjuna: Saga of a Pandava Warrior-Prince, was named by Amazon India as one of the top 5 books in
the Indian Writing category for the year 2013.  Kamadeva: The God of Desire, Shakti: The Divine Feminine,
and Yama’s Lieutenant and its sequel are her other bestsellers. Her articles, short stories, and book reviews
appear in various publications like The New Indian Express and The Hindu. Her latest books are Kartikeya:
The Destroyer’s Son, Prithviraj Chauhan: The Emperor of Hearts and Padmavati: The Burning Queen.
An accomplished orator, she regularly conducts Story Telling sessions and workshops on Creative Writing,
Empowerment, and Mythology in schools, colleges, and various other platforms.
This happily married, mother of two little girls, lives in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. She is a student of classical
dance. Currently, she is hard at work on her new book with her two trusty aides – caffeine and yoga.
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