Hi Rishabh, First and foremost, congratulations on finding your voice and writing this book! It sounds incredibly powerful.
I would be honored to contribute to *What I See Now* with my own lived experiences. As a 100% blind individual, I've navigated school and university as a student, and I believe my perspective could offer a unique dimension to your work. If this is something you'd consider, please feel free to reach out to me on WhatsApp at +91 9990955800. Best regards, Udit Pandey On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 at 01:38, Rishabh Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > I didn’t plan to write a book. > I planned to make peace with silence. > > But silence started talking back — in punchlines, in doubts, in small > truths that refused to stay quiet. > Those late-night notes slowly turned into *What I See Now.* > > I’m 25 — a person with low vision who has made every possible mistake > while learning how to navigate through it all. > Somewhere between bumping into tables and figuring out people, I > discovered that blindness teaches you more about *seeing* than sight ever > could. > > *What I See Now* began as a quiet journal but became something larger — a > mix of humor, ache, and self-discovery that makes people smile, reflect, > and sometimes cry mid-sentence. > It’s not a self-help book. > It’s a self-seeing one. > > When Penguin Random House read the proposal, they didn’t say “yes” or > “no.” > They simply said, *“We felt it.”* > That one line told me I might be onto something that speaks across borders > and emotions. > > Since then, the book has found early readers — psychologists, life > coaches, artists, CEOs, and people who live with low vision. > Different worlds, same truth: *“It stings first, then heals.”* > They say it’s the kind of story that laughs with you before it makes you > think. > > A few glimpses: > • *“Blind Spots”* — a confession about seeing everything except what > mattered. > • *“The Day I Explained My Vision with Dosa Metaphors”* — because humor > helps the truth land softer. > • *“I Told My White Cane We’re Just Friends”* — equal parts rebellion and > romance. > > I’ve attached the proposal if you’d like to explore it. > And if you know someone in publishing who believes in lived, unfiltered > storytelling — perhaps editors from **HarperCollins India**, **Westland > Books**, or **Rupa Publications** — I’d be grateful if you’d connect us. > My goal is to find a publishing home that helps *What I See Now* travel > globally — to anyone who’s ever tried to make peace with what they couldn’t > fix. > > Because this isn’t a book about overcoming blindness. > It’s about noticing differently — finding humor in heaviness, courage in > chaos, and joy in the blur. > > Thank you for being the kind of community that already speaks this > language — > the rhythm between screen-reader lines, the subtle art of adapting, and > the quiet grace of never giving up. > > With warmth (and a grin), > **Rishabh Gupta** > Author – *What I See Now* > Managing Partner, **Anant Resources** | Co-Founder, **Green Energy Feeders > Pvt. Ltd.** > 📞 +91 8319050810 > > P.S. I’ll be at **International Purple Fest, Goa (Oct 9–12, 2025)** with > **25 early first-edition copies** of the book. > If you’d like to read one before > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. 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