Hari Ravikumar is a writer, violinist, and designer based in Bangalore. At various points of time in his life, he has been a mechanical engineer, coder, content manager, teacher, copyeditor, product strategist, community/event manager, pedagogue, and writing facilitator. His interests include Eastern wisdom, Carnatic music, comics, education, and films. He has (co-)written nine books including The New Bhagavad-Gita. His articles and essays have appeared in Daily O, IndiaFacts, Prekshaa, Swarajya, and The Economic Times. His short stories have appeared in Bhavan's Journal, Indian Short Fiction, Open Road Review, Spark, The Criterion, The Four Quarters Magazine, and The New Indian Express. [Fiction]