BS Murthy

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BS Murthy is an Indian novelist, playwright, short story, non-fiction 'n articles writer, translator, a 'little' thinker and a budding philosopher in ‘Addendum to Evolution: Origins of the World by Eastern Speculative Philosophy’ that was originally published in The Examined Life On-Line Philosophy Journal, Vol. 05 Issue 18, Summer 2004. BS’s body of work of ten ebooks, in varied genres, comprises of Benign Flame: Saga of Love, Jewel-less Crown: Saga of Life, Crossing the Mirage: Passing through youth (plot and character driven novels all), Glaring Shadow: A stream of consciousness novel, Prey on the Prowl: A Crime Novel, Stories Varied: A Book of Short Stories, Onto the Stage: Slighted Souls and other stage and radio plays, Puppets of Faith: Theory of Communal Strife (A critical appraisal of Islamic faith, Indian polity ‘n more), a novel non-fiction, possibly a new genre, Bhagvad-Gita : Treatise of self-help and Sundara Kãnda: Hanuman’s Odyssey, trans-creations in verses in contemporary English idiom. However, his only contribution in Telugu, his mother tongue, is his short story తప్పటడుగులు. While his fiction emanated from his conviction that for it to impact readers, it should be the soulful rendering of characters rooted in their native soil but not the hotchpotch of local and alien caricatures sketched on a hybrid canvas, all his body of work was borne out of his passion for writing, matched only by his love for English language. He, a graduate mechanical engineer from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India, is a Hyderabad-based Insurance Surveyor and Loss Assessor since 1986. He takes keen interest in politics of the day, has an ear for Carnatic and Hindustani classical music, and had been a passionate Bridge player. He's married, to a housewife, with two sons, the elder one a PhD in Finance, and the younger a Master in Engineering. His body of work is available at academia.edu https://independent.academia.edu/BulusuSMurthy