Introduction
Chapter two as intitled here above is based on Life and Work
of the author and Literary Analysis of the two novels by Ravinder Singh:
Can Love Happen Twice and Your Dreams are Mine Now. In this
level the following elements are divelopped: Title, Plot, Characters and
Characterisations, Settings, Style, Mood, Tone and Intention.
II.1 Ravinder Singh's Life and Work
A. His Life
Ravinder Singh was born on 4 February, 1982 in a Sikh family
in Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India. He spent his childhood days in Burla
Sambalpur City. He completed his schooling from Guru Nanak Public School,
Sambalpur, Odisha. He received a Bachelor of Engineering in computer science
engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Karnataka. Then he moved
to Bhubaneshwar to work at Infosys Technologies for five years. He did his MBA
from 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.
His girlfriend died in 2007 before they got formally engaged.
He adapted his own story into a novel. The book I Too Had a Love Story
was reviewed by N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus of Infosys
Technologies, who called it "Simple, honest and touching".
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Now married to Khusboo Chauhan who was one of the readers of
his first novel and was so deeply moved that she went to a Gurudwara to pray
for him, without imagining that one day she would get married to him. That
event occurred on September 23, 2012.
Singh's first book is based on a real-life incident of his
meeting a girl and his love life. After a six-month search, an editing team
sent the manuscript to the publisher Shristi, who published the book. The book
was unveiled at a press conference in Chandigarh by Anupam Mittal. He also
launched the audio version of I Too Had a Love Story in mid-2011.
I Too Had a Love Story is also published in Kannada language, entitled
Nannadu Ondu prema kathe.
Ravinder Singh ventured into book publishing in the year 2015
with his publication house Black Ink.
B. His Work
Ravinder Singh is an Indian author. He has written until now
eight novels entitled "I Too Had a Love Story","Can Love Happen
Twice?", "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".
- I Too Had a Love Story (2007)
- Can love Happen Twice ? (2011)
- Love Stories That Touched My Heart (2012)
- Like it Happened Yesterday (2013)
- Your Dreams Are Mine Now (2014)
- Tell Me a Story (2015)
- This Love that Feels Right (2016)
- Will You Still Love Me (2018).
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