Life and Spirituality

My last blog post was about motivations for writing the novel, Nude besides the Lake. Much before that, I had tried my hand at a smaller work of fiction that was published as – Mystic and the Blossoms. I began writing, Mystic and the Blossoms, in 1984 while still a very busy professional teaching engineering at IIT Delhi and busy with scientific publications. As a result, the book did not get beyond the first draft then. It remained buried in my files for years. It was in summer of 1991, I suddenly found time on my hands, free from professional work so I pulled it out and got it printed from a small printer in the city of Jaipur as a hardcover under imprint QUESST Publications. It is a small work and better described as a novella rather than a novel. The idea then was not to make any profit from it but share thoughts expressed through medium of fiction with those interested and those who matter. The book had thoughts on how to improve lives of some of the most backward par

2084 Babaji, a novel R ecently, I looked through my earlier writings on social media, blogs and book and an idea emerged that some of it can be combined into a fascinating new short novel. From this emerged the new short novel – 2084 Babaji. Dear reader, if you get a chance to read it please do,. It has revealed many secrets about our world and the mystic side of life not yet widely known aside from being an engrossing story. It is available at several outlets including Amazon stores in both print and the Kindle electronic format. For Amazon.com See: https://www.amazon.com/2084-Babaji-Ashok-Malhotra/dp/1544761104