PASSIONS WITHIN-THE DARK HORSE
Author: Uday Agnihotri
prelude.
OJ was an IIT Kharagpur alumnus in India, an undergra , incubated at the renowned talent hub, to win over the world. But that wasn’t to be. At least the way he had woven web of his aspirations to materialization. India’s economic conditions in 1974, resulting from Arab-Israeli war of 1973, precluded any worthwhile gains in his line of work. But, then, he was in a league of his own. He chose to create opportunity for himself rather than waiting for something to happen. He went global in his search and never gave up in spite of many negatives in his way. Taking on odds and running them over was something he had mastered since the very first gateway he tried to open, when pitted against gigantic odds, he won the race to get into the IIT. He embarked on his professional journey in the same vein when he chose to go Iran for his first career assignment. There was an in campus search for a suitable candidate by an Iranian company offering good remunerative job in Tehran. OJ stood up the challenge and sailed through a stiff competition and got the job. This meant that he would have to leave India and move to Tehran. He was now poised to win the war for his family and people, earn a name for himself and come out winner in the true spirit of the metaphor ‘Seventh Samurai-The Dark Horse’. He did it this time and every subsequent time and could successfully take on the large numbers of brilliant guys winning them all as he traversed the road to even higher achievements.
Passions Within-The Dark Horse
ReplyDeleteIt's about trials and tribulations of an ordinary man from a family of modest means, his story of success, like a Dark Horse becoming a winner. His success in his career path takes him to Iran. There he falls in love with an American woman. She has miserable life during Iranian Revolution. Her demeanor and escape from tyranny are qualities of human perseverance!
The novel deals with the events during Iran’s Cultural Revolution causing the end of Shah of Iran. Therefore, it will have worldwide appeal especially for Americans and other foreigners who were caught in the quagmire of those events. It will also be appealing to Indian audience and Non Resident Indian Diaspora abroad, and IIT and CMU alumni.
Why do I write? What inspires me?
ReplyDeleteBecause it is so satisfying thing to work – at a story, at characters, to create a place and tone – and pull a novel into life. Putting the pieces together, little by little, working at it, cutting, pasting, rewriting, this is part of the sense of achievement you feel when you type that last full stop! As for inspiration, almost always it’s location that comes first, a very specific backdrop – say, California, Pittsburgh, Iran, India and numerous countries where I traveled, like Greece, Italy, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Nepal and London, England. Once the places are secure in my mind and a plot to go with them, then it’s simply a question of putting the actors, the characters rather, on the stage set!
Brief Profile of Author:
ReplyDeleteMy degree years at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, a premier institution of learning and then my graduate years at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh gave me my initial foray in writing, writing of technical reports creatively, My creative abilities in architecture design gave me a knack of creating a scenario involving all kinds of people and weaving a web of stories around them. It is quite fulfilling to create an interesting way of narration. I have spent years of such creative design experience in the United States of America and now, it was time to share my thoughts and storytelling prowess to the world.
My father was a fiction writer and gave me all what he could to inculcate in me the love for reading, writing and storytelling. So here I am! I chose to write in American English since I am quite comfortable with their slang and style.