Biju Vasudevan

Biju Vasudevan was born in Haripad, Kerala, and came to Rourkela at the age of six months. He completed his education from Ispat English Medium School, Rourkela, where he did his Matriculation and Undergraduate Courses. Thereafter he joined National Institute of Technology, Rourkela from where he graduated in Mechanical Engineering. After a brief stint in ITC (BATCO) he joined SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant and has lived most of his life in Rourkela. He has served Salem Steel Plant too for some period and is presently working as Assistant General Manager for State Enterprise of Steel Authority of India, Ltd at Rourkela Steel Plant. An excellent conversationalist and a storyteller beyond compare, his poetry and writing brings characters to life and has an almost surreal feel to it, which hooks the readers from the first page. His books have well received internationally and even been called 'Kafkaesque' by independent literary critics. - is his sixth book and is a compilation of poetry that he had written between 1993 and 2003. His other books include The Contract (2014), The Molecular Slaves (2014), Lying in State (2016), Kamayakshipuram (2016), Yakshipuram (2016).The Onam Rhyme and Other Passages from Time (American Edition) (2017), and The Next Door Raghu (2017). He is also a martial artist, guitarist, and a creative musician. He is married to Jyothi and has a daughter Arundhati and a son Venugopal. You can know more about his works at amazon.com/author/bijuvasudevan.

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• King's Ransom on Sep. 01, 2016
  
  Being a non-native speaker of English (English as second language), I did face a lot of teething problems with Tabitha's exquisitely quaint and deliciously antiquated choice of words, which of course, are very pertinent to the period to which the central theme of this book belongs to. Once the initial hiccups were through, I got the real scent of the work, which I must say is eloquently crafted and laced with dollops of humor. Pansy, the quirky, unpredictable, but endearing deer-hound, was the highlight of this book for me. This additional character to the tale was the icing on the cake for me. A delightful read that will leave you smiling for no apparent reason, for a very long time to come.