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Indian writer and software engineer

Ravinder Singh
Ravinder SinghRavinder Singh
Born (1982-02-04) 4 February 1982 (age 42)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
OccupationWriter, entrepreneur
NationalityIndian
Alma materIndian School of Business, Hyderabad
GenreFiction
Notable worksI Too Had a Love Story

Ravinder Singh (born 4 February 1982) is an Indian software engineer and author of nine novels — 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? and The Belated Bachelor Party. He started his career as an IT professional in Infosys. His girlfriend died in 2007 before they got formally engaged. He adapted his own story into his first novel I Too Had a Love Story which was published in 2008. 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".

Early life

Singh was born in a Sikh family in Calcutta, West Bengal and brought up in Burla, Orissa. 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. Then he moved to Bhubaneshwar 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.

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. After a six-month search, an editing team sent the manuscript to the publisher Srishti, who published the book. The book was unveiled at a press conference in Chandigarh. An audio version of the novel I Too Had a Love Story was also launched in mid-2011. After the release of his first book in 2008 ravinder singh books list has grown richer and richer. This novel was also published in Kannada language, entitled Nannadu Ondu prema kathe.

"After the unfortunate incident, I was looking for a reason to live. And I started to pen down the moments I had been through."

"I can't deny that. I had to go back in time, close my eyes, relive the moments, tears rolled down and I wrote the words."

— Ravinder Singh talking at the launch of I Too Had a Love Story.

Novels

  1. I Too Had a Love Story (2007)
  2. Can love happen twice? (2011)
  3. Love Stories That Touched My Heart (2012)
  4. Like it Happened Yesterday (2013)
  5. Your Dreams Are Mine Now (2014)
  6. Tell me a Story (2015)
  7. This Love That Feels Right (2016)
  8. Will You Still Love Me? (2018)
  9. The Belated Bachelor Party (2019)
  10. You Are All I Need (2020) (Editor)
  11. Write Me A Love Story (2021)

Entrepreneur

Ravinder Singh ventured into book publishing in the year 2015 with his publication house Black Ink.

Books by Black Ink

  1. A Good Girl — By Chandana Roy
  2. Making Of Babaji Inc — By Shravya Bhinder
  3. The Guest — By Mitali Meelan
  4. Three Marketeers — By Ajeet Sharma

References

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  2. ^ "Debutante novelist already a heartthrob" (PDF). Vitastapublishing. March 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Love's labour not lost". The Tribune. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Review:Tender moments, touchingly told". The Tribune. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  5. ^ "A Story of Love and Loss". India Today. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  6. "Book excerpt: Can love happen twice?". Rediff. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  7. "A writer's journey". The Tribune. 25 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  8. "Yuppy by day, writer by night". The Telegraph. 21 March 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  9. "I too had a love story by Ravinder Singh". 25 December 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  10. "Ravinder Singh". Goodreads. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  11. "Diverse talent at ISB class of 2012". The Hindu. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  12. "Author Ravinder Singh's new book". Business Standard. PTI. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  13. all revinder singh books
  14. "Listen to Novel". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  15. "Audio Book of Love and Loss". The Indian Express. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  16. "I Too Had A Love Story". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  17. "Can Love Happen Twice?". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  18. "Love Stories That Touched My Heart". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  19. "Like It Happened Yesterday". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  20. "Your Dreams Are Mine Now". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  21. "Tell Me a Story". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  22. "This Love that Feels Right..." www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  23. "Will You Still Love Me by Ravinder Singh - Word Pinnacle". Word Pinnacle. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  24. "The Belated Bachelor Party by Ravinder Singh | Book Review [LATEST]". Vowelor. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  25. "You Are All I Need". Goodreads. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  26. "Write Me A Love Story". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  27. Upadhye, Aishwarya (19 July 2019). "Author Ravinder Singh talks about his journey as a writer". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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