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Meet Manyu Dhiraj Bhandary, Whose Story Began in Kenya

A 13-year-old from Gurgaon whose imagination is as expansive as the savannahs that inspired his work. A trip to Kenya sparked the whole thing.

Bukmuk Publishing25 April 20261 min read

Manyu Dhiraj Bhandary is a writer from Gurgaon whose imagination is as expansive as the savannahs that inspired his latest work.

A visit to Kenya sparked his story, and he wove that experience together with adventure, emotion, and a touch of the unexpected. We love this kind of origin. A real place, really seen, turned into fiction. It is how a lot of the best writing starts.

His story appears in Hopscotch. Read it and you can feel the open landscape behind it.

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