Graduated from the University of Delhi with Bachelors in Commerce, I joined the legendry booksellers – BAHRISONS at Khan Market, New Delhi. After having worked with the bookstore for 20 odd years under the tutorship of Balraj Bahri, I looked at other avenues in the book trade and added a small publishing division called Tara- India Research Press, and a literary agency called Red Ink, to the existing line of business as a bookseller. Thirty-five years later, with an all-round experience as a bookseller, publisher and literary agent, - I head the group of BAHRI.

All books talk, and I am listening. Tell a story simply, and tell it well! I am looking for books that engage, entertain and inform. I read everything from thrillers to fantasy, young adult to historical fiction, classics to narrative non-fiction. Some favourites from an endless list, includes Conn Iggulden, Rick Riordan, Erin Morgenstern, JRR Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Sarah J Maas, Stuart Turton, James Patterson (of Alex Cross books), Lee Child, Brad Thor, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Upmanyu Chatterjee, and Richard Dawkins. I’ve been a journalist for twelve years, and then an editor for more than that time. I spend my time reading and editing, looking for that one gem that will take the world by storm.

I enjoy reading stories that have a strong plot and immerses the reader in the narrative from the get-go. I like reading across genres but I mostly gravitate towards young and new adult, literary and commercial fiction. I will read anything written by Sally Rooney, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emily Henry, and Cassandra Clare.