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Mumbai is mobility. Delhi is a calculation. A Different Kind of Power That difference matters. If Mumbai feels like a city that collides with you… Delhi feels like a city that studies you first. It is broader. More formal. More deliberate. And far more controlled. Where Distance Defines Everything Delhi is a city of distance. Physical distance Social distance Moral distance Decisions are made far from the people who must live with them. Damage travels downward. Responsibility

A good crime story needs more than a crime. It needs a relationship the reader wants to return to. More Than Just a Partnership For me, that relationship is Kabir Joshi and Ananya Rao . What makes them work isn’t just that they solve things together. It’s that they see the world differently. Two Ways of Seeing the Same Truth Kabir approaches truth as a journalist. He looks for: Patterns Omissions Public narratives He understands how stories are shaped… and manipulated. Ananya

A crime story doesn’t begin with the crime. It begins with the feeling. When Atmosphere Becomes Everything You can have a strong plot. You can have sharp dialogue. You can even have a perfect ending. But if the world around the story feels empty… The story itself will feel empty. More Than Just a Setting I’ve always believed readers shouldn’t just follow a crime. They should: Feel the air Hear the noise Sense the pressure The city should not sit quietly in the background. I

I’ve never been especially interested in flawless heroes. The people who fascinate me are the ones who stand close enough to power to understand it…but far enough away to see its rot. Living at the Edge of Power That is where Kabir Joshi and Ananya Rao  live. They are not protected by the system.They are not fully outside it either. They operate in the space in between — where truth is harder to defend and compromise is always one bad day away. Two Perspectives. One Truth. Ka

Crime fiction is not just about who committed the crime. It’s about what allowed it to happen. Beyond the Obvious Villain Most crime novels give you a body, a motive, and a suspect. But I’ve always been interested in something harder to pin down: The system behind the crime. The invisible structure that makes wrongdoing possible and sometimes, inevitable. Corruption as a Living Force That’s why corruption sits at the heart of so much of what I write. Not corruption as a headl

Mumbai is not just a setting. It breathes. It watches. It remembers. In my stories, the city isn’t background; it’s a force that shapes every decision, every crime, and every consequence. A City That Refuses to Stay in the Background Most crime novels have a setting. Mine have a city that breathes, pushes, deceives, and confronts. Mumbai is not just a place  in Death in the Rain  or Bombay Reckless;  it’s a living, scheming, relentless character in the story. It’s the reason