ISBN: 9789382473633    Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd Year of publishing: 2013     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 325        Language: English

Aristocratic parents, academic brilliance, smouldering romance with the prettiest girl on campus, a God-given gift that enables him to perceive people with an aura of colour -- growing up in the garden city of Bangalore in the sedate seventies, teenager Karan has everything going for him. At thirty-five, swept away by the unforgiving culture of Los Angeles, Karan's life is in shambles. The women he loved have deceived him; Dolly, the child he parented is taken away; his God-given gift is gone. Karan is penitent he once humiliated Danny, a friend who wanted to be much more. Seeking atonement, Karan returns to Bangalore, the burgeoning silicon megalopolis of the post-liberalization nineties. Living in the ancestral house, haunted by memories of the debacled death of his parents, he faces a new fear-- of being afflicted by promiscuous Lila's unfulfilled wanderlust. Karan reconnects with Arjun, Aarti, and Indu, rekindling the flames of friendship and love, trust and betrayal, and hope and despair. When tracing the whereabouts of Danny leads to a startling discovery, Karan must confront the truth through a complex interplay of agony, forgiveness and grief. Can Karan redeem himself? Does the love he always chased find him?
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Born and bred in idyllic Bangalore, Jayant lives in scenic Seattle. He holds an MBA from The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore and has donned different professional hats over the past twenty years -- Corporate Trainer, Management Consultant, Technology Manager, Financial Planner, and Faculty at Business Schools. An avid reader since childhood, Jayant was always enamoured by the power of the written word and the intricacies of the English language. While he had several stories going on in his head and penned some of them partially on paper, the real impetus to heed his calling and practice his passion came in the form of Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy, which he happened to read while immigrating to the US. That is how Colours in the Spectrum was born. Thereafter, Jayant completed the Certificate Program in Literary Fiction at the University of Washington. Jayant has compiled and edited two non-fiction publications -- anthologies of true incidents from the life of a gifted humanitarian, ever since. An inveterate film fan, he has written the script for a full-length feature film and is optimistic of finding serious takers. He has also begun work on his next novel, tentatively titled Family Secrets. In his free time, Jayant volunteers with several professional organizations in the Seattle area. He is a member of the Board of Directors of IIM Americas -- an alumni association of premier B-schools. His wife Vidhya is a Human Resources professional and a dilettante marathon runner.
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