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Who is Ram Sivasankaran? How would you describe yourself as an author and a human being?\n\nI’d like to think of myself as an adventurer, not so much in terms of travel but in the path of life itself. I believe, when possible, life should not merely be lived away as a mundane chore – one has to diversify, try out things, find your calling. There is never too little time to do many things. To exemplify what I mean, I am an aerospace engineer working in financial technology and a writer of historical fiction with a passion in ancient Indian/Hindu texts. While whether anyone thinks I do any one of these well enough is up for debate but at the end of the day, I know I’ve tried whatever I have an interest in, whether financial or�soulful, whether I am able to do it well or not so well.\n\nWhat made you write The Peshwa?\n
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\nWhy do you think the readers will love this book?\n\nAssuming readers are willing to accept my book as a work of fiction and take it in that spirit, I hope they will enjoy the way I try to tell the story and the depth I try to give to all characters, situations and scenes. I am an amateur author so all I can do is hope!\n\nThe book is a work of fiction, please do not compare it with actual history.�\n\nHow do you balance writing with a day job?\n\nI try to. I’d love to say I am a nine-to-fiver by the day and a crazy author by night but I have no fixed schedule. I give priority to my day job as it puts food on my plate but when I can, like during workouts, I give dreaming its due.\n
Dreaming is possibly the biggest part of writing. Dream it well and pen it down before it all dissipates.
\nYour advice to aspiring writers\n\nKeep the�plot line simple, yet powerful and tell the story well.\n\nAbout the author:\n\nRam Sivasankaran was born in Madras, India, but has spent most of his life abroad, largely in the Middle East and the United Stated of America. He was brought up on stories from Hindu legend and the great epics and classics of both India and the West. In addition to being a passionate student of history in school, Ram has built a keen interest in stories of valour, heroism, chivalry, beauty, and romance.\n\nA daydreamer of sorts, Ram believes deeply in the power of imagination—the mind being the canvas on which even the seemingly talentless can create new universes, resurrect eras long gone, bring the gods to life and even revive heroes and damsels of yore. Ram makes his debut with a historical novel on one of the greatest and yet, to an extent, less known figure from Indian history—Bajirao Bhat, Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, mighty warrior, hopeless romantic and one of the most dazzling examples of wartime courage, military readership and battle strategy.\n\nAuthor: Ram Sivasankaran\nPublisher:�Westland\nRelease: January 2016\nGenre: Fiction / Historical\nBuy from Amazon\n\n Book lovers can �Contribute articles �& �join our Review program to receive review copies of new release books.� And if you are an author, share about you & your book(s) in Author�s corner & do take a look at our unique community approach to Book Marketing.!
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