Kartikeya Ladha

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About Kartikeya Ladha
An accidental writer with an online community of thousands across the globe, Kartikeya Ladha first gained international recognition after the launch of his book, Dream Beyond Shadows. He is also the author of Life Unknown, which is about his travels in India, another bestseller on Amazon.
Kartikeya used to live in the U.S. before quitting his job and letting go of his plans to build a life in America. Since then, he has been on a quest to discover our existence’s absolute truth, which has inspired travels to distant lands. His artistic imagination springs from his desire to create works that exemplify the rawness of “what it means to be a human being.”
His latest creative endeavor, UnHerd is a fictional tale of love, wisdom and strength. Whilst Kartikeya is no longer on the digital world, he continues to keep writing books and deepening in his craft to be sharing his creations with the world.
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UNHERD is a coming-of-age story, created keeping in mind the exponential changes our world has gone through in the last few decades, where breaking out of consumerism and herd mindset have become the needs of the hour.
UNHERD is not only meant to inspire, but also to bring light to the many questions in the minds of countless people - What is our purpose in the world? What is the true meaning of being alive? What truly matters in life? How do I live a happy and fulfilled life? How do I overcome my darkness? How do I bring light to my life, to this world?
UNHERD aims to answer these questions in the form of a story that encapsulates romance, philosophy, mystery, adventure, and travel, carrying the readers through the alternating realities of New York’s streets and many parts of India.
Trailing a Nameless Walk - New Indian Express
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“Having lived through an age of darkness, humanity is surfacing to witness the light of our existence.
In Life Unknown – A Passage through India, the author returns to his motherland, India, and sets out to face the depths of his being as he continues the adventure begun in his previous bestselling book, Dream Beyond Shadows.
His heartfelt desire to find a way to live beyond the shadows of existence takes him to Ladakh, Dharamsala, and remote regions of India’s far north, deep within the powerful energy of the Himalayan Mountains. It takes him to the sacred waters of the Ganges River, and ultimately on a 1000 km pilgrimage by foot across South India, following the echoes of a cryptic message.
This story speaks directly from the author’s heart to an audience considering the idea of leaving everything they know behind to embrace life in its raw and untamed magnitude and search for understanding and meaning.
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Story Featured in
New Indian Express, The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, The Asian Age, Goa Chronicle, Malayalam Manorama, Janmabhumi Daily, Mathrubhumi, Madhyamam, Deepika News.
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About the Author
A social media influencer with a community of thousands across the globe on Instagram, Kartikeya Ladha first gained international recognition after the launch of his book, Dream Beyond Shadows. Kartikeya used to live in the U.S. before quitting his job and letting go of his plans to build a life in America. Since then, he has been on a quest to discover our existence’s absolute truth, which has inspired travels to distant lands. His artistic imagination springs from his desire to create works that exemplify the rawness of “what it means to be a human being.”
Feeling stuck and overwhelmed by society’s pressures, how can we learn, in today’s fast paced and results driven world, to truly dream beyond shadows?
Having touched the hearts of readers across the globe, Dream Beyond Shadows has now been published in its second edition, to celebrate the raw and compelling art of storytelling inscribed in its pages.
This book chronicles a turning point in the author’s life, a moment when he decided to turn against the current of his life and move in the opposite direction of social expectations and his own conditioned fears. It’s the story of an adventure that leaves behind the hustle and bustle of New York City, winds along the Ayahuasca vine through the tribal magic of shamanic ceremonies in the Amazon jungle, into the Incan legacy of Peru’s Sacred Valley and the sublime energy of the megalithic Machu Picchu.
The author wrote this book to share that it’s possible for anyone to break away from time-bound limitations and relinquish the grip of the past. We can all take that first step, to embrace this extraordinary life in all its darkness and beauty—beyond the land of shadows.
Praised by
The Indian Express, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, The Statesman,
The Sunday Standard, The Hans India, Janmabhoomi, The Asian Age, Telangana Today, Easy Shiksha, Free Press Journal Mumbai, Afternoon DC,
Top Story, APN News, Kerala Chronicles, Deccan Chronicles
About Author: Born in Gwalior, a historical town in India, Kartikeya Ladha grew up immersed in the palette of India’s vibrant customs and family life whilst being educated in a rigid school system at The Scindia School, a relic from the days of the British Raj.
After completing his High School, Kartikeya left India to attend the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in Boston, where he concentrated in Management and Entrepreneurship. Soon after graduation he moved to Brooklyn, New York and worked for a start-up solar company as a door-to-door salesman and soon became a team leader.
It was one of the most successful community solarization programs in the U.S and Kartikeya fearlessly knocked doors in Brownsville, tagged as “Brooklyn’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood” by TIME magazine in 2012. He educated hundreds of households about climate change and motivated them to take positive action for the environment by embracing renewable energy.
Kartikeya quickly became the company’s highest earner and enjoyed all the delights of fast city-living – until an inner voice surfaced out of the darkness and compelled him to renounce his long-held plans of building a life in America and go “seek the truth” behind human existence.
His quest in wake for the absolute truth led him to walk on an unknown path, and inspired him to travel around the world to faraway lands while breaking past the normal equations of life to unearth his calling from our mystical world. In this process, he also initiated an endless stream of rediscovering himself as a human being, while trying to serve upon his life’s heart felt mission.
He experiences the remarkable healing properties of shamanic ceremonies in the Amazon Jungle, the sublime energy of the ancient Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu and the Andes Mountains, the openness of Peruvian villagers and their commendable life-styles in harmony with nature, and friendship of many individuals who ‘coincidentally’ enter his life at the most appropriate moments to help him integrate the vital changes taking place in his being.
Part autobiographical, part travelogue, part philosophical musing and part poetry, wrapped up in language both sensitive to the writer’s predicament and lyrically appreciative of the natural world, this book addresses the ethos of the world’s current dominant civilizations.
It also affirms for many seekers in the world, that it is possible to discover their true path in life and create their own reality based on their version of the absolute truth, which ultimately rests in all of us.
About the Author: Born in Gwalior, a historical town in India, Kartikeya Ladha grew up immersed in the palette of India’s vibrant customs and family life whilst being educated in a rigid school system at The Scindia School, a relic from the days of the British Raj.
After completing his High School, Kartikeya left India to attend the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in Boston, where he concentrated in Management and Entrepreneurship. Soon after graduation he moved to Brooklyn, New York and worked for a start-up solar company as a door-to-door salesman and soon became a team leader.
It was one of the most successful community solarization programs in the U.S and Kartikeya fearlessly knocked doors in Brownsville, tagged as “Brooklyn’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood” by TIME magazine in 2012. He educated hundreds of households about climate change and motivated them to take positive action for the environment by embracing renewable energy.
Kartikeya quickly became the company’s highest earner and enjoyed all the delights of fast city-living – until an inner voice surfaced out of the darkness and compelled him to renounce his long-held plans of building a life in America and go “seek the truth” behind human existence.
His quest in wake for the absolute truth led him to walk on an unknown path, and inspired him to travel around the world to faraway lands while breaking past the normal equations of life to unearth his calling from our mystical world. In this process, he also initiated an endless stream of rediscovering himself as a human being, while trying to serve upon his life’s heart felt mission.
This is his first book, which captures the narrative tales of his many insightful stories, based on the experiences he gained from a trailblazing expedition to Peru, South America.