Author Interview with Jitender Kumar | Author of Love Tennis

Author Interview With

Jitender Kumar

Author of Love Tennis

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Hey Readers' Fam, we are back with another Author Interview. This time we will be having a conversation with the author of  'Love Tennis', most welcome Jitender Kumar.

If you don't know about 'Love Tennis' book, then check out my review of Love Tennis here.

About the author:

Jitender Kumar, also called “Musafir” by his near and dear ones was born and brought up in Delhi but his roots were back in Bihar. He completed his graduation in Political Science from Delhi University and has in-depth experience of being a personality developer and tennis coach. His immense experience in the field of retail made him a strong observer. Although, he loves to write contents like poems, “Love-Tennis” is his first attempt at writing a fiction piece.

He lives in Ahmedabad and looks forward to your valuable feedback for “Love-Tennis”.

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Reach out to his Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musafir.dost

Twitter Handle: @jkmusafir
Email: jk.musafir@gmail.com

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Let's Start!

Q: What was your answer to the question ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’

 when asked in your childhood?

A: In my early childhood, I wanted to be an army officer like every other boy but later on it changed into being an international Tennis player and if someone will ask me now, I want to be the prime minister of India.

Q: According to you, what is the importance of sports in one’s life?

A: Actually it differs from people to people but, I love sports and for me, sports are like the soul of leadership. You learn so many basics of life from sports which you can use in your day to day life to sort your daily issues. It gives you passion and builds your character.

Q: Which genre do you like reading and who is your favorite author?

A: I read fiction and I mostly read romance, sometimes I read non-fiction too when I feel it needed to shape up. My favorite author is Chetan Bhagat honestly. He does not write to impress critics. He writes for his readers and himself.

Q: How was your experience writing Love Tennis?

A: I always wanted to write this story but I am a lazy guy. It was not an easy job always but whenever I was in front of my laptop, I enjoyed writing it. Money Kapoor my friend and buddy for life, she helped me and motivated me a lot to write this. It’s more of her hard work than mine that you read this book.

Q: What difficulties you faced and how your surroundings and surrounding people supported you?

A: There were no such difficulties. I don’t think people care that much what you are doing or what you are not, you just have to be focused to complete whatever you want to so people can see what were you up to.

Q: Which is your favorite word or phrase?

A: Passion

Q: What does being a successful author look like to you?

A: I don’t know, once I will be successful I will answer your question.

Q: Has Love Tennis brought any change to your life, even a slightest?

A: Not much, but yes now, I came to know that I can write and writing is not everyone’s cup of tea. There are people who have stories and they want to pen it down too but it’s not that easy. So I am thankful that I did this by the grace of God and the support of my friends.

Q: What would you like to say to the youth who want to pursue their passion for sports?

A: It is required that you stay focused and plan your career with your coach to set your targets and don’t look back and keep going. You will surely achieve what you want to but for that, you will have to make yourself eligible for the same.

Q: Finally, parting words to the readers of Love Tennis.

A: Thanks to you all that you chose #lovetennis to read while there are lakhs of books are available in the market. You can reach me on my social media handle if you have any feedback. I would surely try to address those in my next book. Thanks.

Thank you so much for being here Jitender! We all wish you the best!

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Author Interview: Sadashiv Pradhan, Author of 23:59:59 | Dhiraj Sindhi (Part-2)

Author Interview

Sadashiv Pradhan

Author of Amazon Bestseller '23:59:59'

Giving Advice On Pursuing Unconventional Career Options!

Hey readers' fam, welcome back to the author interview with Sadashiv Pradhan, the author of Amazon Bestseller '23:59:59 The Journey of survival in the B-Schools of India'. I have reviewed the book, check it here, if you haven't yet. And I can't recommend it enough.

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Again, let me introduce y'all to Sadashiv.

Sadashiv Pradhan has completed his MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He is currently working in Star India Pvt. Ltd. He is a passionate writer and prolific storyteller. He started writing 23:59:59 when he was in XLRI, where he believed that there is a story to be told- the story behind the curtains of otherwise glamorous B-school culture, which every graduate goes through but hardly anyone speaks about. The story of survival in the B-schools of India.

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Sadashiv Pradhan, Author of Amazon Bestseller 23:59:59

"If you want something then have the courage to do anything in your power to earn it. There is no right or wrong in this world! Grab it before someone else snatches it from you"

Today, Sadashiv will answer the most important questions we face in our lives. Again, which I think, will be helpful to all readers, students, parents and budding authors. I hope this interview will be resourceful to writers and readers.

Q: What do you enjoy the most apart from writing?

A: I do enjoy investing and trading in the share market. I have been an investor since last three years, recently I have started trading as well. I enjoy the process of research-analysis of stock & learning various strategies to maximize returns. I do believe money is an important part of life and you should try to create multiple income sources – if worked out diligently, Indian share market can become an excellent income source.

Q: Your answer to the ultimate question ‘Money vs. Passion?’ and message to your readers and their parents.

A: My position on this debate is simple – ‘Life me passion ka boz mat banane do!’ Many people from our generation mistakenly assume that for ‘following passion’ you need to leave the job (money), then and then only you can be successful – it has become fashionable to do so! Although it might have given success to a few, I would always recommend against it.

Money brings stability in life, and financial security gives you a cushion to try different things while following your passion. If you have a good amount of bank balance then success while following passion doesn’t become a necessity and failure becomes a learning experience.

Yes, juggling both things is difficult, it wasn’t easier for me either, it took me 3 years to write a book, and I hardly get time to promote my book, but my well-paying job ensures that I am not dependent on the success of 23:59:59. Hence, my advice to everyone who feels that they are stuck in their job and want to ‘follow passion’ is to start doing what you love the most without quitting the job – a point might come in the future when passion will give you sufficient money but before that, it would be too risky to quit job.

Q: What would be your advice to aspirants who may want to pursue unconventional career options?

A: Be selfish! Be selfish to yourself, to your passion, and to your dreams! Our generation is spending or rather wasting too much time on toxic relationships and on worthless jobs/corporations that would not think twice before replacing us. I don’t understand when someone says ‘I am crazily in love with him’ or ‘I can do anything for her’; that craziness, that ‘deewanapan’ should be reserved for your dreams; the person for whom you are willing to do anything should be YOU! Love is a choice, and in today’s world, that choice is just one right swipe away. Those, for whom you are willing to do anything will not hesitate to leave you, but your dream and your passion – that is something no one can take away from you. Don’t get me wrong, I do believe in love, it’s a wonderful feeling, we need someone in life to grow old with or to share everything with but that person should not be bigger than our dreams. if you want to pursue an unconventional career then first you need to be crazily in love with that dream, rest of the things will take care of themselves.

Q: Any upcoming project you’re working on? Tell us a brief about it.

A: Absolutely! There are a couple of projects I am working on, but if I tell you about them then it would be nothing less than a joke. As I said earlier, one should never hesitate to dream bigger, if your dream doesn’t sound like a joke then you are not aiming higher – if ten years ago, a boy who did his schooling from a Marathi medium, who could barely speak in English would have announced that he is going to be a bestselling author then everyone around him would have laughed but again, here we are! So, yes, there are a couple of things on my mind, let’s see how that turns out to be, maybe after ten years, will again refer to this question, until then…

Again, Thank you so much, Sadashiv for being with us and for giving advice on pursuing dreams and discussing unconventional career options, that would definitely help readers with quality decisions and great content.

So, that was the Author of Amazon Bestseller '23:59:59' The Journey of Survival in the B-Schools of India.

My audience and I, wish you the best for the journey to come.

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Author Interview: Sadashiv Pradhan, Author of 23:59:59 | Dhiraj Sindhi (Part-1)

Author Interview

Sadashiv Pradhan

Author of Amazon Bestseller '23:59:59'

Sharing His Invaluable Experiences With Us!

Hey readers' fam, we are back with another, yet precious blog post. So, without wasting further time, welcome to the author interview with Sadashiv Pradhan, the author of Amazon Bestseller '23:59:59 The Journey of survival in the B-Schools of India'. I have reviewed the book in the previous post, check it here, if you haven't yet.

FOR MORE SUCH CONTENT, FOLLOW MY BLOG (Click the button here somewhere👉)

First, let me introduce y'all to Sadashiv.

Sadashiv Pradhan has completed his MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He is currently working in Star India Pvt. Ltd. He is a passionate writer and prolific storyteller. He started writing 23:59:59 when he was in XLRI, where he believed that there is a story to be told- the story behind the curtains of otherwise glamorous B-school culture, which every graduate goes through but hardly anyone speaks about. The story of survival in the B-schools of India.

Follow him on Instagram: @storytellersada

Check out his Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Sadashiv-Pradhan

Twitter Handle: @storytellersada

Order your copy of 23:59:59 here: https://amzn.to/2WuH6GE

Sadashiv Pradhan, Author of Amazon Bestseller 23:59:59

"If you want something then have the courage to do anything in your power to earn it. There is no right or wrong in this world! Grab it before someone else snatches it from you"

Now, we will get to know more about Sadashiv and how he managed to write and published his debut novel. And also we will discuss career and passion. Which, I think, will be helpful to all readers, students, parents and budding authors. I hope this interview will be resourceful to writers and readers.

Q: Who is your favorite author and why do you adore him/her?

A: It has to be Agatha Christie! I always had a fascination towards crime – mystery genre. The most difficult part as an author is to keep a reader enticing till the very last word, especially in the mystery genre.

Q:  What was the inception point of 23:59:59?

A: The moment I walked inside the gate of XLRI, I knew there is a story to be told! A life that we expect while aspiring to be a part of elite B-schools is completely different from the one we get to experience. The euphoria of getting admission dies down or rather reality hits within a week, and you realize that beating two lac candidates in a rat race was the easiest part and the worst possible rat race of your life has just begun! Throughout my XL journey, I met various ‘characters’, followed their journeys, and started penning down those stories which eventually turned into 23:59:59!

Q: How long was the procedure, writing 23:59:59? How was the entire experience?

A: It took me 3 years to complete 23:59:59. I started writing it when I was a student at XLRI. Post XLRI, I got a job in Star India. Taking time out to write a novel while working a full-time job that too in travel-intense sales job was the most difficult part of the process. However, in a weird way it was peaceful, during my loneliest and most hectic days of work in a small town of Latur where I spent a year as an area sales manager, writing 23:59:59 gave a purpose!

Q: Which was the most difficult part of the writing process, in the entire course from drafting to publishing 23:59:59?

A: Selling! Hahaha! Honestly, getting a word out and convince people to buy your work is the most difficult part of the process. Being the first time author, I was inexperienced about the industry and unknown of the nitty-gritty of the sales and marketing part of the book publishing process. I must admit, I have committed many mistakes along the way, starting from printing an incorrect version of the book (that’s why you will see few grammatical errors in the book) but it has been a wonderful learning experience, and hopefully 23:59:59 will achieve greater success in days to come.

Q: What was your best XLRI experience ever?

A: Graduation Day! To be honest with you, academically, I wasn’t the best student at XLRI, I wasn’t even in the top half of the batch. For me, the entire XLRI journey was the journey of survival – day in day out! At top B-schools of India, we have daily competition, quizzes, & assignments – that rat race became even more intense, and sometimes, it did get excruciatingly taxing. But the moment I saw happiness and pride in the eyes of my parents on the graduation day, I knew, it was all worth it! My parents worked extremely hard to give me a wonderful life, my graduation was the reward of all their hard work, hence, yes, XLRI graduation day was the best day of my life.


Thank you so much, Sadashiv for being with us and for narrating us your writing journey and sharing your experiences.

There are few more questions to come in the Part-2 of this interview with Sadashiv Pradhan. So, stay tuned.

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Will catch you all in the next part!