Author Shalini P Sawkar - Sharing Stories

Confessions Of An IT Employee

#101 I took the job that everybody took. #201 If a conference room is involved, it is bad news. #301 Signing the bond—felt more like imprisonment and a lot less like employment. #401 Last year, the company reported revenue of 30 billion U.S. dollars. And yet, what they’re paying us is not peanuts. It is the empty shell of the peanuts! #501 Your colleagues are not your friends, they said. Were they right? A misunderstood employee, Sanchita, falls into depression when she constantly fails to impress her boss, parents and her boyfriend. What happens when her childhood dream of becoming a writer resurfaces? Bhoomija, a village girl, loses her inhibitions to fit into the urban crowd. Does she find the love she is seeking, or does it leave her with an identity crisis? Behind his happy-go-lucky attitude, Nishant is a guy overshadowed by his successful siblings. He spends most of his time getting wasted in bars as he feels he has no talent. Who changes his game? Alisha wants to move to the United States with her long-time boyfriend. But, fate has other plans. A tale of bosses from hell, endless traffic jams, sluggishness of mundane routine, and matters of the heart…Can love and friendship survive in the corporate battle for ratings? Will they discover their hidden desires and have the courage to follow their passion?

Author Bio

Shalini P Sawkar is an Indian author of crime thrillers and romantic comedies, namely: Confessions Of An IT Employee, The Murder of Jay Shekhar, and When I Find You. Her short stories are The Code Of Conduct In Her Shoes in Born Too Soon anthology and The Witch Of Strawhorn in Fantasia Divinity Magazine Issue 11. She is also a Columnist at The Post India and SheThePeople.tv where she writes articles about creativity, lifestyle, art, literature, pop culture, and travel, and a Speaker at TED Circles Kolkata 2020. She has also worked with the celebrated filmmaker Mr. Saad Khan at First Action Studios. Former Software Engineer, a globetrotter, and an avid reader, she has visited more than 11 countries.

Awards and Titles:

Won the Sharing Stories Book Awards 2020 in the Romance category for Confessions Of An IT Employee,

Won the Coimbatore Literary Awards 2020 – Most Promising in General Fiction for Confessions Of An IT Employee,

Awarded as one of the Top 100 Debut Authors Of India 2018-19 for The Murder Of Jay Shekhar,

Awarded the Global Women Inspiration Awards 2021 for her literary accomplishments,

Awarded the NationWide Awards 2021- Under 30 Emerging Industry Experts by Business Mint in the Author category,

Conferred the title of Woman Of The Month by Woman Times in March 2021,
Finalist in the Karnataka Women Achiever’s Awards 2020

Themes of her books: She writes realistic fiction and her books are the reflections of the society we live in. Her books interweave themes such as crimes of passion, infidelity, career choices, modern-day relationships, overcoming depression, and falling prey to peer pressure. Her protagonists are commoners with a tinge of naivety, quiet confidence, and unstoppable determination. Her crime thrillers deal with wicked brutalities against women and children such as organ trafficking that are still prevalent in our society.

Voluntary Works: She has conducted various creative writing workshops such as Writing Skills Workshop for students of NPS Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore, and served as the creative writing judge for the literary society of BMSCE for their cultural fest, Utsav 2019, and open mic events such as Speak Up Sunday. She has also served as a mentor on the Coursera platform for the course Writing For Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest.

She hopes to inspire youngsters to embrace their uniqueness and creativity through her books.