Ask the Author: Ruby Gupta
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Ruby Gupta
It began with a single, unsettling thought: What if the truth behind a national secret is buried not in documents, but in the people who are silenced? That question opened a door into a world of espionage, shadow operations, and hidden motives—and the story unfolded from there.
Ruby Gupta
For me, the best part of being a writer is slipping into the shadows of a story and uncovering truths that even my characters don’t yet know. It’s the thrill of solving a mystery I created—and the deeper thrill when readers feel that same pulse of discovery.
Ruby Gupta
I get inspired when a real incident, an unanswered question, or a tiny inconsistency in a news report refuses to leave my mind. My stories usually begin with curiosity: Why did this happen? Who benefitted? What is missing? Once the questions spark, the plot starts unfolding on its own.
Ruby Gupta
If you’re planning to write a Physics book, the first step is to decide who you are writing for—school students, competitive exam aspirants, or college-level learners. Once your audience is clear, create a chapter outline that moves from basic concepts to applications, with plenty of solved examples and diagrams. Keep the explanations simple, focus on clarity over jargon, and include real-life illustrations so the subject feels alive.
Before writing full chapters, draft 1–2 sample chapters and test them with students to see if the concepts are easy to understand. Their feedback will help you refine your tone, structure, and level of detail. And most importantly—write with patience and consistency. A good Physics book grows slowly, one clear explanation at a time.
All the best for your writing journey!
Before writing full chapters, draft 1–2 sample chapters and test them with students to see if the concepts are easy to understand. Their feedback will help you refine your tone, structure, and level of detail. And most importantly—write with patience and consistency. A good Physics book grows slowly, one clear explanation at a time.
All the best for your writing journey!
Ruby Gupta
During a research trip, I once found a file in an old archive that shouldn’t have existed—its dates, names, and markings didn’t match any official record. The file vanished the next day without explanation. If that isn’t the beginning of an espionage novel, I don’t know what is.
Ruby Gupta
This summer, I’m drawn to books that balance intelligence work with psychological depth. On my list are Ben Macintyre’s The Spy and the Traitor, Robert Harris’s The Fear Index, and Tana French’s The Secret Place. I’m also revisiting John le Carré to study the quiet tension only he can create.
Ruby Gupta
I would step into the world of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. There is something irresistibly elegant about solving a crime in a moving world—steam, snow, secrets—and I would love to quietly observe Hercule Poirot at work while testing my own instincts against his.
Ruby Gupta
I would step into the world of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. There is something irresistibly elegant about solving a crime in a moving world—steam, snow, secrets—and I would love to quietly observe Hercule Poirot at work while testing my own instincts against his.
Ruby Gupta
When I decrypted the stolen RAW dossier, it revealed the identity of the insider leaking India’s nuclear secrets.
The face staring back at me was my own, blinking in real time.
The face staring back at me was my own, blinking in real time.
Ruby Gupta
Thank you for your kind words, Kunal. Somehow I missed your question, hence the delayed response.
Writing on intense themes has taught me that suffering often comes not from life itself, but from our resistance to its natural cycles.
To accept death as the beginning of a new life, we must first recognise that ending and beginning are not opposites — they are partners in the same movement of existence. Every transition in our lives, whether joyful or painful, has carried us to a new stage of growth. Death is the final transition, but it follows the same law: nothing truly disappears; it transforms.
The fear of the unknown arises because the mind wants certainty. But life itself has never been certain — and still we have learned, adapted, and continued. When we shift our perspective from fear to curiosity, the unknown stops being a threat and becomes a wider horizon.
If we cultivate three things, acceptance becomes gentler:
1. Awareness:
When we truly see the impermanence around us — seasons, relationships, even our breath — we realise that change is natural, not catastrophic.
2. Meaning:
When we live with purpose, the idea of an ending feels less like loss and more like completion.
3. Surrender:
Not as helplessness, but as trust. A quiet understanding that life has carried us safely through every darkness so far.
So, how do we abstain from the “dreaded mystery”?
By acknowledging that mystery is not meant to frighten us — it is meant to deepen us. What we call the unknown is simply the part of life we haven’t met yet.
Thank you for asking such a profound question.
Writing on intense themes has taught me that suffering often comes not from life itself, but from our resistance to its natural cycles.
To accept death as the beginning of a new life, we must first recognise that ending and beginning are not opposites — they are partners in the same movement of existence. Every transition in our lives, whether joyful or painful, has carried us to a new stage of growth. Death is the final transition, but it follows the same law: nothing truly disappears; it transforms.
The fear of the unknown arises because the mind wants certainty. But life itself has never been certain — and still we have learned, adapted, and continued. When we shift our perspective from fear to curiosity, the unknown stops being a threat and becomes a wider horizon.
If we cultivate three things, acceptance becomes gentler:
1. Awareness:
When we truly see the impermanence around us — seasons, relationships, even our breath — we realise that change is natural, not catastrophic.
2. Meaning:
When we live with purpose, the idea of an ending feels less like loss and more like completion.
3. Surrender:
Not as helplessness, but as trust. A quiet understanding that life has carried us safely through every darkness so far.
So, how do we abstain from the “dreaded mystery”?
By acknowledging that mystery is not meant to frighten us — it is meant to deepen us. What we call the unknown is simply the part of life we haven’t met yet.
Thank you for asking such a profound question.
Ruby Gupta
Keep plodding on...
Ruby Gupta
Write, Write, Write!!!
Ruby Gupta
I am currently working on a fast-paced thriller based upon international intrigue.
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