Mukesh Alex Vaidya
Stories where ancient wisdom meets the modern world.
Epics retold from the inside. History reopened like a cold case. Futures imagined with a technologist’s eye. Ten books, written from Kerala for readers everywhere.
The Last Charioteer
The Mahabharata, told by the one who knew how it would end.
From the doomed peace embassy at Hastinapura to the hunter Jara’s arrow, Krishna tells his own story. He sees every road the future can take — and that foresight is the loneliest gift of all.
An intimate, first-person epic of duty, love and letting go, in which three dynasties rise and fall: the Kurus, the Pandavas, and at last Krishna’s own Yadavas.
Ten Doors Into Other Worlds
Two Worlds, One Storyteller
Mukesh Alex Vaidya spends his days designing technology and his evenings in the company of gods, kings and conspirators.
Based in Kerala, Mukesh is a storyteller and senior software architect. For two decades he has designed technology systems for banks, insurers, retailers and global enterprises, and that architect’s love of structure runs through every book he writes.
His fiction lives where ancient Indian thought meets the modern world. He has retold the lives of Krishna, Hanuman and Parashurama, chronicled the warrior-king Marthanda, reopened the final minutes of Mahatma Gandhi as a whodunit, and imagined a 2049 ruled by a benevolent superintelligence. A lifelong student of Vedic astrology and Indian philosophy, he writes stories that entertain first, and leave something behind.
The Storyteller
Mythology retold, historical thrillers, conspiracy fiction, dystopian science fiction and a guide to the power of the mind.
The Architect
Twenty years building enterprise and cloud systems. He brings the same eye for structure and detail to plot.
Four Threads, One Tapestry
History Reopened
Real moments from history, read again as mysteries that are still unsolved.
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What happens to being human when the machines become wiser than us?
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Talks & Book Clubs
Conversations on mythology, history and the meeting of ancient thought with modern science. For literary festivals, colleges and reading circles.
Film & Adaptation
Several of the novels are built cinematically and are being developed for the screen. Producers and studios are welcome to enquire about adaptation rights.
Media & Interviews
Available for interviews, podcasts and features on the books, on writing, and on technology and AI.
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For orders, bookstore and bulk purchases, please contact the publisher, Coelho Books.