Best-selling author, public intellectual

G U R C H A R A N D A S

"Joshua Newton
is one of the best creators of longform nonfiction in India, a fact that I keep mentioning to others."

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"Newton's evocative
stories paint extraordinary portraits of 'ordinary' people from a colourful and vibrant region of India."

Global Publishing Director at McKinsey & Company, USA

"Josh is an amazing storyteller who creates visionary fiction and nonfiction with such ease!"

Filmmaker & screenwriter of three blockbuster movies

R A J U N A R I S E T T I

A N J A L I M E N O N

Joshua Newton is a multiple award-winning Indian literary writer and author whose work explores the light and shadows of the human mind through cultures, histories, identities, landscapes, memory and the overlooked...

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J O S H U A N E W T O N

W I K I P E D I A

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"Exquisitely written portraits of ordinary Indians living quite extraordinary lives."

Author of The Taliban Cricket Club

T I M E R I N M U R A R I

"Joshua Newton is a sensitive and empathetic listener; his soulful prose wonderfully evokes a South Indian landscape. A gem of a book!

A K A S H K A P U R

Author of India Becoming: A Portrait of Life in Modern India

"A book of poignant and sparkling vignettes depicting many facets of life. Detailed and poetic!"

G A I L O M V E D T

Author, scholar, sociologist

"A book that reveals the endless possibilities offered to a writer by everyday life. Subtly woven and very well written indeed!"

J A I S H R E E M I S R A

Author of Ancient Promises

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I write memoirs, biographies and subject-matter books. I help people translate their lives, experiences and expertise into compelling narratives. I collaborate with publishers, editors, and authors as a trusted ghostwriter to create engaging and entertaining books.

F R E E . B O O K

Helping create compelling narratives

T H E P R E V I E W E D I T I O N

Joshua is available for selected commissioned literary projects.

"Started a new wave in Malayalam cinema!"

L E T T E R B O X D

"An engrossing, intricate slice-of-life!"

N O W R U N N I N G . C O M

THE

MOVIE

THAT LAUNCHED
A NEW SEASON IN
MOLLYWOOD

"An enlightening tale!"

M O V I E B U F F

"Ritu has its heart exactly at the right place!"

I N D I A G L I T Z

"Started a new wave in Malayalam cinema!"

L E T T E R B O X D

"An engrossing, intricate slice-of-life!"

N O W R U N N I N G . C O M

THE

MOVIE

THAT LAUNCHED
A NEW SEASON IN
MOLLYWOOD

"An enlightening tale!"

M O V I E B U F F

"Ritu has its heart exactly at the right place!"

I N D I A G L I T Z

I also write fiction—screenplays, short stories and novels, exploring the mysteries of human experience, the nature of reality and the extraordinary possibilities beyond what we see. Yes, I ghostwrite screenplays that bring some remarkable ideas to the screen.

F R E E . B O O K

Yea, I also write pathbreaking movies..

T H E P R E V I E W E D I T I O N

Joshua is available for ghostwriting movies

AN EXCERPT FROM 'THE BOOK OF PEOPLE'

It was dawn. I sat on the white beach. The green and blue lagoon was still. Cold, calm, inviting. Puffs of clouds drifted in the sky. Orange patches on them highlighted their whiteness. In the air hung and wafted away a faint smell of wet coconut leaves, wet after the night’s rain. The green chundi plants and the tender plantains stood fresh as if they had just burst out of the white earth. Sometimes, their leaves moved. There was nobody around. At least all human endeavours—resort men cooking for travellers, travellers getting ready for another silent day, islanders helping islanders with simple chores—were hidden from sight. Around me were just the white shoreline, the blue sky and the green shoots. A bird or two, tiny and flitting, trilled on the trees. In the distance, on the water, in the glimmering light of the tropical dawn, I saw the pale shadow of a distant fishing boat. The boatmen’s faint voices came in shreds floating in the breeze. The colours were contrasting and the quiet, disquieting. Yet not a thing around me was pronounced. Everything seemed to merge into everything else.

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