Ravinder Singh (author)
Ravinder Singh (born 4 February 1982) is an Indian software engineer and author of nine novels — I Too Had a Love Story,[3][4][5] Can Love Happen Twice?,[6][7] Like it happened Yesterday, Love Stories That Touched My Heart, Tell Me A Story, Your Dreams are Mine Now , This Love That Feels Right, Will You Still Love Me and The Belated Bachelor Party. He started his career as an IT professional in Infosys.[8] His girlfriend died in 2007 before they got formally engaged.[2][5] He adapted his own story into his first novel I Too Had a Love Story which was published in 2008.[3] Writing the book helped him cope with the tragedy in his life. This novel was reviewed by N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus of Infosys Technologies, who called it "Simple, honest and touching". [9]
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Born | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | 4 February 1982
Occupation | Writer, entrepreneur |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Indian School of Business, Hyderabad |
Genre | Fiction |
Notable works | I Too Had a Love Story[1][2] |
Website | |
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Early life
Singh was born in a Sikh family in Kolkata, West Bengal and brought up in Burla, Odisha.[10] He completed his schooling at Guru Nanak Public School, Sambalpur. He received a Bachelor of Engineering in computer science engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Karnataka.[4] Then he moved to Bhubaneswar to work at Infosys Technologies for five years. He did his MBA at Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. He was working as a Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft when he decided to become a full-time author.[11]
Writing career
Singh's debut novel is based on a real-life incident when he met a girl, how his romance flourished and then how it came to an unfortunate end, before he could propose marriage to her.[2][5] After a six-month search, an editing team sent the manuscript to the publisher Srishti, who published the book.[2] The book was unveiled at a press conference in Chandigarh.[2][3] An audio version of the novel I Too Had a Love Story was also launched in mid-2011.[2][12] This novel was also published in Kannada language, entitled Nannadu Ondu prema kathe.[2][13]
— Ravinder Singh talking at the launch of I Too Had a Love Story.[3]
Novels
- I Too Had a Love Story (2007)[14]
- Can love happen twice? (2011)[15]
- Love Stories That Touched My Heart (2012)[16]
- Like it Happened Yesterday (2013)[17]
- Your Dreams Are Mine Now (2014)[18]
- Tell me a Story (2015)[19]
- This Love That Feels Right (2016)[20]
- Will You Still Love Me (2018)[21]
- The Belated Bachelor Party (2019)[22]
Entrepreneur
Ravinder Singh ventured into book publishing in the year 2015 with his publication house Black Ink.[23]
Books by Black Ink
- A Good Girl — By Chandana Roy
- Making Of Babaji Inc — By Shravya Bhinder
- The Guest — By Mitali Meelan
- Three Marketeers — By Ajeet Sharma
References
- "I Too Had A Love Story". The Telegraph. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "Debutante novelist already a heartthrob" (pdf). Vitastapublishing. March 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "Love's labour not lost". The Tribune. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "Review:Tender moments, touchingly told". The Tribune. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "A Story of Love and Loss". India Today. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "Book excerpt: Can love happen twice?". Rediff. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "A writer's journey". The Tribune. 25 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
- "Yuppy by day, writer by night". The Telegraph. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "I too had a love story by Ravinder Singh". 25 December 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- "Ravinder Singh". Goodreads. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "Diverse talent at ISB class of 2012". The Hindu. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "Listen to Novel". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "Audio Book of Love and Loss". The Indian Express. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "I Too Had A Love Story". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "Can Love Happen Twice?". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "Love Stories That Touched My Heart". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "Like It Happened Yesterday". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "Your Dreams Are Mine Now". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "Tell Me a Story". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "This Love that Feels Right..." www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "Will You Still Love Me by Ravinder Singh - Word Pinnacle". Word Pinnacle. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "The Belated Bachelor Party by Ravinder Singh | Book Review [LATEST]". Vowelor. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- Upadhye, Aishwarya (19 July 2019). "Author Ravinder Singh talks about his journey as a writer". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 February 2021.