Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist was my trigger to tell stories, says debut writer Priyasha Bagchi

It was her dexterous balancing of career plans and deep-rooted passion for story-telling which led 22-year old medical student Priyasha Bagchi to publish her debut novel ‘The Road to Infinity: A Story of Two Parallel Lines’. In this interview with Uttara Gangopadhyay, the pre-final year medico, studying at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, talks about her journey of transforming an idea into a book.

Girish Dutt Shukla's debut novel Maroon In A Sky of Blue deals with mental health issue

Girish Dutt Shukla in his debut novel, ‘Maroon In A Sky of Blue’, poignantly mirrors the sensitive behavioral disorder and mental health issues that most people go through while dealing with a personal loss.