Living alone and working in a city comes with its advantages and disadvantages. While some choose to weigh the advantages over the disadvantages others take a longer time to come to terms with the fact of living and working in a new city. Love, life and all that jazz by Faiyaz Ahmed is a coming of age story about the lives of young twenty somethings set in Mumbai.
In the words of the author, Faiyaz, “the story is about Tania, Sameer, Vikram and Tanveer, who start by exploring their lives after college and how they evolve by discovering the changes in themselves and in their loved ones, and the choices they make. It's about how these changes affects their relationships and shape their personality. This is the journey of life in a new India where the friends support each other and evolve through their experiences and missteps in Love, Life and all that Jazz.”
The first time author Faiyaz drew inspiration from his surroundings when he was working and living in Mumbai all by himself. “The characters are real but the situations are fictional. There are several things that influenced me to write the book, the mannerisms of the characters are one of them,” explains Faiyaz.
He began his stint with writing when he became the editor of a fortnightly business journal for management students called Forthright . He is from Bangalore but currently lives and works in Dubai for the Health Authority of the Government of Dubai in a Strategic Planning and Execution role.
Faiyaz is a Chartered Accountant and Management Consultant by accident, a civil servant by day and a writer by night. A voracious reader and a ‘non-conformist' by choice,
Faiyaz is simultaneously working on his second novel. This avid moviegoer and reader, plans to bring out his second book in a three-part series. “It is a collection of short stories,” he confirms.
When not working and writing Faiyaz enjoy watching old and new Hindi and English movies. He also indulges in world cinema.
