Hello my name is Chennakeshav Shenoy, friends call me Ck or Chenna or Channa. People also refer to me in various regressive mispronunciations of my name, these are not friends. I like to think of myself as quite the whiz with words, it is not something I was born with, but have developed over the years. Somebody once told me that I should put this trait to good use, crank out a story or some sort of prose that could both interest and entertain the world. To this end I did write some pieces over the last three some odd years, in the form of short stories, articles and a dedicated blog on the internet since 2007. These endeavours have been quite satisfactory, but short lived. The blog is continuing strong, and yet there isn’t much of substance that I contribute on it anymore.
Then I hit upon the idea of writing a dummy manuscript, and focus on material very close to home – myself. This would be a spirit journey, to analyze and deduce my own life, which granted is not as interesting as might think, but I promise I would pepper with some wild adventures and happenings. But let me introduce you to the genesis of this book which would put you at ease.
“Where is CK? I only see Chennakeshav here! What happened to Ck ?” my friend asked me. And I started thinking that there may be more to what she said that what met the eye. It was true that I had changed significantly since I started working. The gradual change had occurred over three years, to be better suited to work, better suited for the company I was keeping, for the women I was charming. Had I lost myself? Who was CK? And who was Chennakeshav?
So I set about finding myself by deconstructing who and analyzing certain important aspects of my life. This book is dedicated to all the people who have helped shape who I am – love to you all!
