Sanjay Panikkar

Sanjay Panikkar grew up in Kochi (then Cochin), where a love of books led him to spend countless hours in the city’s public library. During his school and college years, he wrote short stories and essays—some prize-winning, others published in school magazines. His enthusiasm for storytelling stayed with him into adulthood, alongside his career as a software architect. In 2023, he was selected for a writers’ workshop conducted by author Anita Nair, and was inspired to write this novel. He lives in Bangalore with his wife, Lekshmi, and their son, Aditya.