Meet Naveen Durgaraju, an engineering graduate turned novelist

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1563614559006","data":" Novels based on Indian mythology are increasingly becoming popular in the recent times, with most of them being the writers\u2019 perspective of stories from Hindu epics. Naveen Durgaraju, an engineering graduate and a techie, is a Hyderabad based novellist who is known for penning thrilling novels set in a post-apocalyptic world, with various elements of Indian mythology. Over four years, Naveen wrote two books and is currently working on his third book.<\/p>Writing, for him, was more of a hobby than anything else as he explains, \u201cI used to read a lot and when I was in college, I used to blog constantly. My friends used to tell me I should write a book. A couple of years after I finished college, I felt I should try penning down a novel.\u201d<\/p>It was after he started writing a book that he realised writing a book is a completely different ballgame compared to writing a blog. \u201cI started off as an amateur writer and then realised that a novel needs a point of view and then went about learning those aspects of writing. I found the narrative style in Game of Thrones series really interesting and I decided to follow a similar style of narrative, though not the same. After a lot of reading and a lot of YouTube tutorials on this kind of writing, I went ahead with my first novel Vajra,\u201d says the writer whose first book debuted in 2014.<\/p>But why this theme? To this, Naveen says, \u201cI grew up listening to mythological stories and I realised it has a high potential in terms of genres. Elements of mythology can be applied to any genre and that\u2019s what I did with Sinners, my second book. As this is set in a post apocalyptic world where the society crumbles. This book explores various aspects of humanity, from religious fanaticism to dictatorship and more. It also blends horror, sci-fi and fantasy genres along with mythological elements. Mythology has this kind of potential.\u201d<\/p>Having sold out two print runs of this book, he's working on a sequel to that now and has finished about 65% of the third book in the series. <\/p>With a full time job, it is definitely not easy to be a writer too, so how does he multi-task? \"I make it a point to write at least 500 words a day, no matter how late I come home. Even if the quality of that is bad, I continue as I can always edit or rewrite it later,\" is his answer.<\/p>For students who aspire to be writers, Naveen has a clear-cut message. \u201cWrite without fear. Write what you want to. Write without fear of judgement, of market, of society, of money or acceptance. In writing as in all things, be fearless, be honest and you\u2019ll succeed,\u201d says the author writer.<\/p>"}]

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