The Colours of Sound

About the Book

The Colours of Sound captures some powerful experiences in the author’s life. Real life experiences have been painted in beautiful colors of fiction, leaving a deep message in every story. From the hard truth of rejection for following one’s heart and breaking conventions to locating star gates, experiencing the unknown, the stories capture dimensions of contemporary urban lifestyles to the oppression of the lower caste in remote India. The stories celebrate experiences that are unexpected. They deal with rebellion in a youth that becomes his second nature to loneliness of a creative thinker to voyeurism in upmarket condominiums. The outburst of an artist after having compromised on his instincts and creativity for recognition and money, stories deals with the humility of a leader in the corporate world to the exemplary unity of people on a remote island against the backdrop of communal violence of Babri Mosque demolition, the collection offers insight in human behavioral patterns and elements contributing to it. Hidden in fiction, a process to develop the mid brain has been shared while questioning the genesis of mankind. The Colours of Sound is a collection of intense stories that encourages the readers to reflect.

About the Author

Anupam Sen Gupta was born in a tea gardening and a maritime family in 1968 with paternal roots in Darjeeling. He left home at the age of 29, a successful career in maritime business and his hometown, Kolkata, to pursue his dreams in the world of creative arts. He is a music producer and is playing guitar since 1980. He is a well-known acoustic blues musician in the circuit. Anupam has been in the top of the charts in India at the Great Indian Rock with his band and has produced music for over 50 short films, animation films, documentaries, albums and a feature film. He has been writing since his childhood and in the past decade and a half, he has professionally written content for an international portal and various magazines. Anupam runs an organization that offers creative tools and processes to trigger culture change in organizations and is in the Limca Book of Records in India. His modules have been covered as international case studies in Europe. He has conducted workshops for over 300 international blue chip companies in India and Far East. His quest for life has taken him across the Himalayas where he practiced and experimented with monkhood for over a year and a half in the 90s to Abydos in interior Egypt in search of mystery. He is trained in Innovation and Change; Leadership Development through Emotional Intelligence; is a certified Life Coach and practices the development of mid brain using sound. He is a recipient of Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship and Editor’s Choice Award from International Library of Poetry. He is a speaker on creativity and innovation and has spoken at B Schools in India and Singapore, at human resource forums, schools and lives in New Delhi with his daughter, wife and mother.