Dear friends, I didn’t plan to write a book. I planned to make peace with silence.
But silence started talking back — in punchlines, in doubts, in small truths that refused to stay quiet. Those late-night notes slowly turned into *What I See Now.* I’m 25 — a person with low vision who has made every possible mistake while learning how to navigate through it all. Somewhere between bumping into tables and figuring out people, I discovered that blindness teaches you more about *seeing* than sight ever could. *What I See Now* began as a quiet journal but became something larger — a mix of humor, ache, and self-discovery that makes people smile, reflect, and sometimes cry mid-sentence. It’s not a self-help book. It’s a self-seeing one. When Penguin Random House read the proposal, they didn’t say “yes” or “no.” They simply said, *“We felt it.”* That one line told me I might be onto something that speaks across borders and emotions. Since then, the book has found early readers — psychologists, life coaches, artists, CEOs, and people who live with low vision. Different worlds, same truth: *“It stings first, then heals.”* They say it’s the kind of story that laughs with you before it makes you think. A few glimpses: • *“Blind Spots”* — a confession about seeing everything except what mattered. • *“The Day I Explained My Vision with Dosa Metaphors”* — because humor helps the truth land softer. • *“I Told My White Cane We’re Just Friends”* — equal parts rebellion and romance. I’ve attached the proposal if you’d like to explore it. And if you know someone in publishing who believes in lived, unfiltered storytelling — perhaps editors from **HarperCollins India**, **Westland Books**, or **Rupa Publications** — I’d be grateful if you’d connect us. My goal is to find a publishing home that helps *What I See Now* travel globally — to anyone who’s ever tried to make peace with what they couldn’t fix. Because this isn’t a book about overcoming blindness. It’s about noticing differently — finding humor in heaviness, courage in chaos, and joy in the blur. Thank you for being the kind of community that already speaks this language — the rhythm between screen-reader lines, the subtle art of adapting, and the quiet grace of never giving up. With warmth (and a grin), **Rishabh Gupta** Author – *What I See Now* Managing Partner, **Anant Resources** | Co-Founder, **Green Energy Feeders Pvt. Ltd.** 📞 +91 8319050810 P.S. I’ll be at **International Purple Fest, Goa (Oct 9–12, 2025)** with **25 early first-edition copies** of the book. If you’d like to read one before -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/5A701904-D0EF-4DA8-A16F-AB362ABA146A%40gmail.com.
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the world does, come say hi — I’ll probably be smiling in the wrong direction, but I promise the conversation will find its way. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/5A701904-D0EF-4DA8-A16F-AB362ABA146A%40gmail.com.
