Two students. One overbridge. A friendship built in two years and lost to fifteen.

Kiran (engineering, RV College) and Ashwin (MBA, IIM Bangalore) find each other during a Bangalore power cut in 2004 and spend two years in the specific ease of a friendship that does not need management. Then careers intervene. Then cities. Then the slow accumulation of not-yet and next-time. In 2019, Kiran returns to Bangalore after fifteen years away and finds Ashwin at a coffee shop before he is ready. The Overbridge is a story about male friendship, about the cities that shape us, and about the particular courage of finding your way back.

I never set out to write this book.

For thirty years, I lived it. From my first terrifying court appearance in Karnataka to negotiating multi-crore real estate deals, I've seen the Indian legal system from every angle, the good, the brutal, and transformative.

Born in Raichur, Karnataka in 1966, I graduated at the top of my law class in Bangalore. What followed was a career that took me from traditional litigation to advisory roles I never imagined. Along the way; I defended cases that made headlines, represented clients from every walk of life, and learned that "no regrets" isn't about perfection, It's about purpose.

When I'm not in the courtroom, you'll find me on long distance motorcycle journeys across India (see my other books) or practicing Yoga Nidra. Three decades in law taught me one thing: balance isn't just for legal arguments.

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