Bharani Kumar Buyakar
I write novels about family, forgiveness and the injustices we have learned to live with, and I have retold the Mahabharatha for children.
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The Haunted House on the Hill
Socio-fantasy novel, 2025
After her marriage, Chennu is sent to a lonely house on a hill to live with her husband and mother-in-law. What unfolds there breaks her spirit and leaves her with one burning question: why does God allow an unjust society to exist? That unanswered rage transforms her into something she never chose to become.
Nearly five decades later, Aarav, a man with rare abilities, enters the same house. His encounter with Chennu is not one of fear alone, but of recognition, love and truth long buried.
It is a haunting exploration of love denied, injustices we silently accept, and uncomfortable truths we have normalized for generations. Some houses are haunted. Some questions are too.
Once Again Beautiful and Pure
A tale of strength and redemption, 2021
Some questions don't disappear with time. They wait. Did I ever forgive my father? Through the pages of a personal diary, a son looks back at a father he once misunderstood, at choices that were never explained, at sacrifices that were never spoken about.
What the son once saw as weakness, he now begins to recognize as strength. This is not a story about blame. It is a story about understanding, about how anger softens into clarity and how love often hides behind silence.
Written in simple, honest language, it doesn't demand tears. It earns reflection.
Mahabharatha: The Great Epic for Children
Children's book, retold by Bharani Kumar Buyakar
Stories of courage, wisdom and dharma from the great epic, retold for young readers.
The book is not on Amazon yet. Send me a note and I will tell you the day it is released.
About Bharani
I am a soft skills coach and an author. I write thoughtful, imaginative stories that make readers question how we live today.
I was a bookish child who lived mostly inside books, until those same books taught me to enjoy both worlds: the outer one the eye can see and the inner one the heart can feel.
I have always been drawn to the untold stories beneath everyday life, from the busy streets of Hyderabad to the quiet corners of my father's classroom. My books are where I write them down.
What readers say
I bought your book The Haunted House on the Hill at the book fair in Hyderabad. It was a wonderful experience reading your book. I finished it in one go. I can proudly say this is one of the best books I have read in recent times.
RadhikaReader
This book helps everyone, men, women and even children, to raise their voice and make their own decisions without being influenced by society.
BhanuBook reviewer
The curve of your beautiful smile poem is a masterpiece. Thank you for writing this book. You celebrated a woman.
DivyaBook club member
Read more reader reviews on Amazon: The Haunted House on the Hill and Once Again Beautiful and Pure.
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