Resonance’, a fiction showcasing the geo-politics between India and Pakistan written by Ranchi-based Indian Revenue Service (IRS) Officer Ajay Pandey released early this month is now among the ‘bestsellers rank.’
48-year old Pandey made his debut as writer with this book. Sharing his thoughts on what encouraged him for writing, Pandey said, “For past 25 years, I was planning to write. Actually the thought generated while pursuing my B Tech in BIT Mesra. Those days, my sister would ask me to narrate a story whenever I was at home. One day, I had nothing except for narrating a self-scripted story. That day, my sister told I have the potential of being a good story teller.”
“The novel was sold out from amazon.com and uread.com within a few days of its release. It is doing well and getting wonderful reviews,” Pandey pointed out.The IRS officer is presently the Additional Commissioner of Income Tax department in Mumbai. He wrote this book within a period of one month ten days in Mumbai itself.
Referring the website of Amazon wherein the book is available at a price of Rs 236 he mentioned his background as an engineer and two decades of work with IRS, his close association with intelligence agencies around the globe, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, attachment with the Indian Embassy in USA and his training at Duke University, North Carolina, USA have given him a deep understanding of world geopolitics and the intricacies of how intelligence agencies and governments at different levels operate worldwide.
Speaking on the relevance of this book, he said, “The complexity of geo-politics with the relationship between India and Pakistan is presented in a comic manner to grasp the reader’s attention. Even in one of the scenes of the climax it is shown that Pakistan Army will take over the civilian government. So my book continues on how those things are avoided and the complexities between IFI, Pakistan military, civilian over there and other intelligence agencies like IB, CBI.”
Meanwhile, describing the character of the book in a reader-friendly language, the Amazon website mentions, “Siddharth Rana, Joint Director of the IB, is at his wits’ end attempting to unravel that mystery. Working with the blindest of clues, Siddharth has to race against time to prevent terrorists from achieving their horrific goal an India laid low by catastrophe of biblical proportions. This is a story that leaps across continents, gets to the heart of convoluted terrorist plots and attacks and amazes you with its exposition of high tech gadgetry and science. It is equally a story of breathtaking bravery, recounted at a mind-blowing pace. At its core, it is also a story about the beauty of relationships.”
Pandey’s list of readers includes those from India, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Israel, USA, Egypt and Russia. As of now, he is writing about energy generator produced by a duce boy wherein too there are complexities like he is getting arrested and his brother is an Indian. “His brother involves with some Indian men and then something big was going to happen. like Resonance, this is also a thriller. The first draft is completed but it will take me five to six months to compile the entire story before giving to the publisher,” he added.