A first look at the cover for my upcoming hard science fiction novel—set in a near-future India where physics, geopolitics, and deep space engineering collide. Zero Dimensional Space – Book 1 begins not with warp drives or alien signals, but with a physics anomaly in a Casimir force experiment at a…
I don’t think Rajeev’s secretary understands what’s sitting on my desk. For weeks I’ve been sending papers, abstracts, and “short write-ups” to help her “brief him when he has the time.” Each time I send one, another request comes back. He’s a busy man, I know—but this isn’t a Mars…
Is a woman’s rage very different from a man’s rage? Perhaps it is; a woman waits and waits, until she can’t wait anymore. Once she stops waiting, it can scare the hell out of all the wrongdoers, like Mother Earth appearing in the form of ‘Devi’ herself, and handing out…
Imagination Comes First It still amazes me how much joy I felt simply imagining it—ISRO, India’s space agency, not just building rockets or launching satellites, but becoming a true spacefaring force. I’d sit for hours on my couch, eyes half-closed, imagining Gaganyaan lifting off with the sun rising behind it, imagining…