Themes and Obsessions: What 68 Books Keep Returning To

The Recurring Patterns

Every writer has obsessions — subjects they return to regardless of genre, setting, or character. The Inamdar Archive, spanning 46 catalogued genres and books, reveals several:

Love (3 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Epic Romantasy, Mythological Fantasy, Multi-generational Saga. Example works:

• POWER (Epic Romantasy): Book One of The Amaravana Cycle.
• CHHAAYA (Mythological Fantasy): Where myth breathes and love transcends realms.
• ENDURING HEARTS (Multi-generational Saga): Love that survives everything except silence.

Identity (3 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Mythological Fantasy, Coming-of-Age, Coming-of-Age. Example works:

• CHHAAYA (Mythological Fantasy): Where myth breathes and love transcends realms.
• KIRA'S AWAKENING (Coming-of-Age): A journey from silence to self.
• SUSH! (Coming-of-Age): A coming-of-age journey across Europe and within.

Self-discovery (3 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Coming-of-Age, Contemporary Slow Burn Romance, Coming-of-Age. Example works:

• KIRA'S AWAKENING (Coming-of-Age): A journey from silence to self.
• ALMOST (Contemporary Slow Burn Romance): He kissed her everywhere except where it mattered.
• SUSH! (Coming-of-Age): A coming-of-age journey across Europe and within.

Neuroscience (3 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Self-Help, Health & Wellness, Wealth & Finance. Example works:

• I Can't Keep Calm I'm Indian! (Self-Help): A quick guide to stress-free living.
• AROGYA (Health & Wellness): Sampurna Samruddhi Book 1 — Health & Epigenetics.
• SAMPATTI (Wealth & Finance): Sampurna Samruddhi Book 2 — Wealth & Neuroscience of Money.

Sacrifice (2 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Epic Romantasy, Mythological Fantasy. Example works:

• POWER (Epic Romantasy): Book One of The Amaravana Cycle.
• CHHAAYA (Mythological Fantasy): Where myth breathes and love transcends realms.

Freedom (2 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Coming-of-Age, Coming-of-Age. Example works:

• KIRA'S AWAKENING (Coming-of-Age): A journey from silence to self.
• SUSH! (Coming-of-Age): A coming-of-age journey across Europe and within.

Wellness (2 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Self-Help, Health & Wellness. Example works:

• I Can't Keep Calm I'm Indian! (Self-Help): A quick guide to stress-free living.
• AROGYA (Health & Wellness): Sampurna Samruddhi Book 1 — Health & Epigenetics.

Food (1 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Culinary Thriller. Example works:

• FATAL INVITATION (Culinary Thriller): Every course is a clue. Every guest is a suspect.

Murder (1 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Culinary Thriller. Example works:

• FATAL INVITATION (Culinary Thriller): Every course is a clue. Every guest is a suspect.

Deception (1 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Culinary Thriller. Example works:

• FATAL INVITATION (Culinary Thriller): Every course is a clue. Every guest is a suspect.

Psychology (1 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Culinary Thriller. Example works:

• FATAL INVITATION (Culinary Thriller): Every course is a clue. Every guest is a suspect.

Culinary arts (1 books)

This theme appears across genres as diverse as Culinary Thriller. Example works:

• FATAL INVITATION (Culinary Thriller): Every course is a clue. Every guest is a suspect.

What the Themes Reveal

The thematic fingerprint of the archive is unmistakably Indian and unmistakably personal:

• Relationships dominate: Whether in romance, thriller, or literary fiction, the central engine is almost always the space between two people.
• Identity is contested: Characters regularly struggle with who they are versus who they're expected to be — a theme deeply rooted in the Indian experience.
• Power is examined: From corporate boardrooms to mythological kingdoms, the dynamics of power and its corruption run through the archive.
• Transformation is the arc: Almost every protagonist ends somewhere fundamentally different from where they began.

The Emotional Core

Beneath the genre variety, the archive has an emotional consistency: it is interested in what people do when they are pressed to their limits. The thriller protagonist under threat, the romance character risking rejection, the fantasy hero facing impossible odds, the self-help reader confronting uncomfortable truths — they are all variations on the same question.

Explore themes by browsing the works page or the genre pages.

— Report from the Inamdar Archive