Action has started on the pitching front form Rashmi Sharma productions, they have engaged my screenplay writer to make changes to the first screenplay of my web-series, and have payed him a sum of Rs 10,000  fro the work, this proves to me they are serious about the project and the pitch to Ekta Kapoor and zee 5 the first episode screenplay the language and obscenity has been toned down a bit to better suit the platform since it has been decided not to pitch it to ULLU Application witch along with low budgets is also very sleazy, we have decided to pitch to Alt Balaji instead.

The action has begun and Anuj the producer has prepared an audiovisual presentation for the pitch, work is happening and at a steady pace. The new development is that my book Yes sir I killed my dad is also in demand and people want to pitch it for making a web series.

“ I think the owner of Rashmi Sharma productions meet Ekta in a party and showed him your book, she wants something like Jamtara it is very successful as a web-series.” James my screenplay writer said .” What is the story of Jamtara .” I asked him .” Well, it is the story of a fishing village where little kids do a credit card scam and steal money from other villagers by conning them to give the CVV numbers of their ATM cards and stealing their money .” James elaborated on the story.

“ Yes I know the feeling of being conned when I traveled to Africa some machines they are scanned the details of my card and then with the card details, purchases where made from obscure websites in the US, but since I had alerts on my mobile phone I came to know someone was using my card and was able to call phone banking to stop my card and block the purchases, I wrote this in one of my blogging books also .”

“ It’s crazy yaar who stories are sold in Bollywood everyone just wants to chase a hit idea, but there is only one hit the rest of the concepts based on a hit will all fail the world is driven by a follower mentality which is bound to fail .” I gave my insight on the “ I said with exasperation not knowing how long will my story keep floating around in the Bollywood space like so many others.

“ First the story and the book will have to be sold, that it has to be made and then it will finally be delivered to the market and we will know whether it is a hit or a miss, it seems from story to final product is a big battle .”  My own screenplay writer had not sold a single story as yet, I realized I was dealing with people who themselves had no experience of selling a story and paraded around the Bollywood space as writers. “You know you are like my lawyer, he had been fighting my case for 5 years, when I asked him water he had won a single case, he said none, there are lawyers parading around doing professional lawyers who have not won a single case because very few cases reach a final conclusion in our courts .” I laughed and said. But till then I will keep dreaming.

I just got a call from my screenplay writer Sharad, he has been invited for a meeting at Rashmi Sharma Productions. “ Boss they want  me to write three extra episodes for the series, and they will also pay me for it .” He was excited, why not his contacts and Pitch at Watchoo Channel had failed, they wanted to get Rashmi Verma fucked after every episode, plus they were not ready to pay the writer fro writing extra episodes, which emends they were not serious about the project .”If Rashmi Sharma productions are paying you to write extra episodes then it means they are serious about the project, go forward and write it .” That was my advice to the screenplay writer .” They are serious plus they want to pitch it as a high-value project at least 10 lakhs per episode. Makes sense .” He tried to explain the finer points of the meeting to me .” I told them that I wanted a retro look and the sex will be limited to 5 to 6 min for the entire series, they agreed to the fact that this was a sold story and filling it with sleaze will just ruin everything, they want to pitch to Alt Balaji and zee 5 here more importance will be given to the story and treatment plus they will have bigger budgets .” I was happy that the production house had a bigger vision for my story.

Now we are getting somewhere, we have two prospects who have shown intent in pitching the story to various channels, my friend Raj Shandilya, who is Ekta’s golden Boy and Rashmi Verma Productions where the project is being spearheaded by Anuj, my namesake. The interesting thing is Anuj got to know about the story from Anirudh Bahal who is my best friend in the book and his character name is Ani Bahal in the book, here also there is an uncanny connection.

So Sharad is now writing the next six episodes and adding more texture to the series I am sure a few more characters will be also added from the book to increase the scope of the series. So far so good at least someone is willing to put money into the project even if it is only a few thousand rupees for writing.

So here I was in Mumbai peddling my web series, this time to another taker Rashmi Sharma Productions, what a coincidence that the real name of the protagonist is also the same. I was greeted by a senior producer from the company, along with my friend Anuj the same name as mine another coincidence. Anuj was pushing my book and web-series idea. I explained my background to the senior producer and started to narrate the story, I even played some of the recorded songs on my mobile phone for them to hear,” The title track is just like an 80’s Qurbani chartbuster. I like it Manish has done a good song .” He was happy with it .” Well, the pre-production is almost done we have 5 episodes screenplay, two songs, the paperback, and the audiobook will be out soon .” I also took pride in building the franchise of Rashmi Verma .” So tell us about the girl how was she and how did her life progress, what and where is she now .” The producer asked as I explained the life and times of Rashmi Verma .” Well we are thinking of increasing it to 8 episodes and pitch it to Alt Balaji that way we can get a better budget, Ullu is too downmarket for this, it is pure sleaze  Alt has more class and Ekta has more Grander. Anyways Ullu has a budget of 3 lakhs per episode it is too cheap and only a tacky show can be made, our book has a distinct story with a twist, in the end, it has substance and etched character, it deserves a much larger canvass .” The producer explained .” Yes, I want it as a retro look and transport the audience to that era, we have seen BHU in Banaras as the perfect location, the current college campus has become modern and do not match the look and feel.

We were discussing the story and I explained the relationship I had with Miss Verma and her moods and how she justified what she did .” I have even started a contest called Who Fucked Rashmi Verma first, where people have to say who was the guy who slept with her first .” I explained this was to promote the Paperback of the book.

It was a business-like meeting with the narration adding the soft touch, I got a feeling they were interested as I asked them to use their in house writers to write the other 3 episodes. “ We will pitch to Ekta, she is very meticulous and will go into every detail of the shows she sanctions .” I was told by the producer. “ We will ask you to come to narration if need be .” He further stated. Good start I think, but as my astrologer said to be careful with the kind of people you attract, and be clear on the scale of the project you have in mind, do not dilute your dream. I am taking one step at a time and trading carefully watching everyone who comes forward and shows interest in my project.

I just got a call from my screenplay writer Sharad, he has been invited for a meeting at Rashmi Sharma Productions. “ Boss they want  me to write three extra episodes for the series, and they will also pay me for it .” He was excited, why not his contacts and Pitch at Watchoo Channel had failed, they wanted to get Rashmi Verma fucked after every episode, plus they were not ready to pay the writer fro writing extra episodes, which emends they were not serious about the project .”If Rashmi Sharma productions are paying you to write extra episodes then it means they are serious about the project, go forward and write it .” That was my advice to the screenplay writer .” They are serious plus they want to pitch it as a high-value project at least 10 lakhs per episode. Makes sense .” He tried to explain the finer points of the meeting to me .” I told them that I wanted a retro look and the sex will be limited to 5 to 6 min for the entire series, they agreed to the fact that this was a sold story and filling it with sleaze will just ruin everything, they want to pitch to Alt Balaji and zee 5 here more importance will be given to the story and treatment plus they will have bigger budgets .” I was happy that the production house had a bigger vision for my story.

Now we are getting somewhere, we have two prospects who have shown intent in pitching the story to various channels, my friend Raj Shandilya, who is Ekta’s golden Boy and Rashmi Verma Productions where the project is being spearheaded by Anuj, my namesake. The interesting thing is Anuj got to know about the story from Anirudh Bahal who is my best friend in the book and his character name is Ani Bahal in the book, here also there is an uncanny connection.

So Sharad is now writing the next six episodes and adding more texture to the series I am sure a few more characters will be also added from the book to increase the scope of the series. So far so good at least someone is willing to put money into the project even if it is only a few thousand rupees for writing.

The way of the Tao is a unique way of living it is dependent on non-action rather than action, it is a way of living and breathing so that you go with the flow of things where nothing is forced upon you and let things happen as they should in the right time and space. It is like uncorking your inner creativity, you let events unfold rather than force them to take shape, you become the doing rather than the doer. It is a relaxed way of living, where you do not force your attention at anything, you just watch your attention and let things move on their own accord, you focus when focus come and you get distracted when distraction comes all the time watching both these activities with equal focus.

The Tao is a very eastern philosophy and is embedded in Chinese and Buddhist traditions. It takes away all anxiety from your action, naturally one always focuses on the end results of an action and thus we develop stress and anxiety as we want a perceived outcome of our action, this creates tension in the mind and body. Tao teaches us to do an action but be detached from its results. The action itself should be the goal and source of joy for us, the outcome would hold no value at all is it is dependent on many varied factors many of which are not in our control.

The Tao teaches us to focus on the action and top it with all the focus leave the rest to the play of existence. The Tao and its followers can imbibe the philosophy and it has been seen people who live by the Tao live longer than others.

The way of the Tao is to be one with nature and its laws to embrace existence and begone part of it rather than swim against it. In the vernacular it is going with the flow, you go where the energy goes, you ebb and flow with the life force itself. An eastern philosophy as old as time the Tao is also known as the way was at its peak during the time of great Chinese Philosophers like Lao Tzu and Confucius and Chang Tzu.

The Tao is the non-action the force that does not force it is the way and a great path to living a happy and full-filled life with joy in harmony with nature and all its abundance.

My Book Rashmi Verma’s Launch has happened it is now available on Flipkart amazon.in and other online stores for Rs 399. It is now available for sale and anyone can buy a copy that will be delivered at your doorsteps. I will be getting 10 copies for free and will be distributing it to a few friends for free.

Till then happy reading!

An important leg has started for me in terms of selling my web series and getting my books to be made into films. Meet Raj Shandilya and his team and told them my erotic campus tale, he found the story Interesting all the while I nodding along. Raj is Tiwari’s old friend as they wrote comedy circus together and he has Ekta’s ear thus he is our best bet to make the web-series and do the pitch to the right people. I started off in my own way explaining  the escapees of the girl Rashmi Verma,” So you see the important thing is that she doesn’t sleep with the author of the book and he sees her sleeping with all his friends.” I went on with the narration,” This brings jealousy into his heart and he takes revenge from those who have slept with her.” I went on as Raj and his producer gazed at me. “ We also have another story Yes Sir I killed my Dad! Jo inke Pita ke murder case par he.” Tiwari explained as if to say that we had a bag full of stories.

They look pleased and promised some work in their future projects. I am spending a week this time in Mumbai, the Mama Molester Song is ready and Manish has done his job well.  I am sure soon my stay time in the maximum city will increase. I have also been trying to find out how sex scenes are actually shot in real for a web series.

I have been staying in Andheri East this time and the meeting with Raj was the purpose of this visit, let’s see in what direction the project takes me.

Its been over four years of blogging for me and I have 20 ebooks selling online in the marketplace with local-language editions. With over 500 books sold, am I making money from what I do? The answer is no, I don’t infect I have lost money in my blogging journey so far. So why do I continue a futile exercise that is not commercially viable at all? Why do I go on writing every day and keep checking my book sales figures? The answer is that I have nothing else to do, this is all I can do or feel like doing as of now. Making money be damaged, I blog because it keeps me alive and well and sane. You have to do something during the day and this is as good an activity as any .i am busy and like a little boy playing slot machines in a casino, I am hooked to this, it is like playing the slot machine and I get my kicks with it.

It keeps in touch with the latest trends and happenings in the world to keep blogging I have to read a lot of content and therefore I grow my knowledge on vast subjects and topics, I remain informed and educated about the goings-on in the world around me. It gave me immense creative satisfaction, designing book covers and selecting photos also playing with words and finding unique ways to promote my work. I challenge each day to think up new content ideas and posts, think of new topics and then do extensive research on them. It keeps my creative juices flowing.

Although Blogging is not yet taken seriously as a full-time career, it is treated as a hobby or way of making pocket money on the side. The number of bloggers has increased and more and more people are making money from this venture. Still, only 50 odd top blogs operate in India that are making any kind of serious money. Around 96% of floggers starve to death or compensate their blogging through some other job or part-time work. Does that mean anyone can blog, absolutely not, this is a specialized field and one needs certain definite skills to succeed in blogging. The key is creative writing, lateral thinking, innovative mind, Knowledge seeking mind and the ability to promote one’s work. Without these it is difficult to succeed in blogging, so no not everyone can do blogging, you need skills and some natural flair for this activity.

You have to choose your own revenue stream, barter, co-promote and use your blog innovative to make it useful to you and also others. For me, it is all I have and I have taken it to step further to becoming an author and an audio-book narrator. I will keep doing it till I get bored and move on to the next big thing, as for now, it’s my book sales that are keeping me busy and also the translations of my work.

The Naked App’s 

It is Jan of 2020 I am yet to meet Raj Shadilya who is the hottest shot I have in making my dream come true. I have been told that a key writer in his team has already finished writing the two extra episodes for my series and the character of motto has been beefed up. But still no deal my other leads have gone cold so far as I have found no one to invest in my project. The only hope is my audiobook on the book and the paperback version of I also Slept with Rashmi Verma which should be out soon in a few weeks. That will build some traction I am sure, so far only 100 books of this erotica have been sold. Let us see what awaits the fate of this project now, we hope to march forward and make it happen by the end of winter.

I have seen a lot of new apps launched in the market by Sheryl Chopra and there is one Poonam Pandey has bared all full-frontal both breast in all glory with a lot of hips and butt magic. The music video is soft porn in nature but I have not seen that level of nudity in the official apps like Alt Balaji, Voot or Ullu. The Poonam Pandey music videos take the cake, they are well shot though, but lack depth and any story which makes it simple nudity .” Our web-series has a story boss, this anyone can shoot with an iPhone in a file star bedroom. Most of these apps are registered abroad or are operating out of the legal purview of the land. They are private apps and private porn rooms where erotic content from the celebrity is beamed through. The Sheryl Chopra app has music videos, sleazy breast shows, and some jokes. These can shot on mobile phones and GoPro and edited on a computer, no big deal. If you log in, you get coins these coins unlock private windows from where you can see the content by buying the coins fro your wallet the more you watch the more you pay. It’s like glass show windows in Holland where you can see a peep show by throwing a coin, the lady starts to dance and strip the more coins you put in the slot the more she will show.

Women are not shying away to show skin anymore, there is an app that shows erotic content it is called Ghapa Ghap, now it is easy to say what you will see in this app. Ullu is right up there the Nirma of erotica and sneezes app.

Things will clear up by the end of the month, how long it will take to get my web series made.

Seeking of any kind can only begin at a. state of not knowing, it is only in the state of not knowing that curiosity begins to take shape. When you know that you do not know when you except that you do not understand real inquiry begins. Curiosity takes us further into the unknown, the thirst for knowing what is beyond. When we accept that we are ignorant then it is that true knowledge emerges. The seeker walks alone and his wisdom is a flowering that grows on you as time passes. It is a subtle flowering or knowledge as the inner whirlpools begin to explode, the wisdom overtakes the body like a soft light the ones you see around the heads of enlightened masters. But that can only happen when you are in a state of inquiry, just be alert and watch your thoughts, still, the body slows the mind will go numb and all the questions will evaporate till only stillness and silence remains. Whatever you seek either in the outer world or the inner world, all seeking will lead to more seeking, more questions will create more answers and they will create more questions. The trick to seeking is to drop the mind and drop all questions and all answers.

But real seeking comes from deep pain very deep pain that is when seeking starts pain is the first step that leads to seeking and the seeker begins to move away from the world and society at large. A true seeker looks like a selfish rebel who says he is independent of all rules and laws of society and that to seek he has to be totally free from any bondage. Travelers are great seekers as in their travel they express their freedom. Seeking the divine is something we all do but only a few become divine, it needs dedication and focus and a longing to know what is beyond the five senses and even beyond the mind. A seeker goes beyond boundaries and explores what is on the other side of the shore.