Ajay Nair

Birthday November 1, 1980
Location Mumbai
Occupation Partner at Only Much Louder Entertainment, a live music events and music festival company
Website http://ajaynair.wordpress.com

About Me

Cricket Fanatic. Writer of Mostly-Bad Fiction. Football Enthusiast. Former Private Equity Investor. Former Investment Banker. Former Business Consultant. Current Entrepreneur in the Live Music Business. Inept Chemical Engineer. Married. Tendulkar Worshipper. Passable MBA. Random Reader. Mostly Harmful.

Why do you write?

It's so much fun. Sometimes.

Any favorite authors? Books?

Favorite authors include Joseph Heller, Salman Rushdie, Saki, Sylvia Plath, Kiran Nagarkar, Douglas Adams, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Vikram Seth, Ayn Rand, Samit Basu, Orhan Pamuk, Stephen King, Alice Munro, J D Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, Milan Kundera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, etc.

Favorite books include Catch-22, Cuckold, Last Chance to See, The Gameworld trilogy, Hearts in Atlantis, Midnight's Children, Fountainhead, Shame, My Name is Red, Idiot, Equal Music, etc.

Ajay Nair's Wall

Jack Swenson, 41 hours ago

Ajay, I always love to see your name on a message. Your stories are great, and even you messages are little works of art! Thanks for this little “poem.” I will cherish it.

David Erlewine, 2 days ago

Ajay, man, thanks very much for checking out “Vague Obscenities.”

Foster Trecost, 3 days ago

Hi Ajay, thanks for your comments on A Life Twice Told - glad you liked it.

Jack Swenson, 3 days ago

Ajay, thanks for your comments on “Victory.” It means a lot to get a pat on the back from such a terrific writer.

Jack Swenson, Feb 24

Thanks, Ajay. It’s always fun to poke fun!

Julie Innis, Feb 20

Ajay, thanks so much for reading “Sanctuary” - hope all’s well with you!

Foster Trecost, Feb 18

Thanks for reading and commenting on my story, Ajay.

Jack Swenson, Feb 17

And thank YOU for the compliment and the fav.

Trent England, Feb 16

Hey, thanks Ajay.

Adam Byatt, Feb 15

Hey Ajay, thanks for the positive support on my first piece. Much appreciated.

Christopher Meidl, Feb 15

Thanks for your kind words on “It”, Ajay. I appreciate it very much.

Barry Friesen, Feb 15

Oh. Good. Thanks for the comment on “Still Life,” Ajay!

R. A. Allen, Feb 12

Ajay, thanks for your comment on “Blacktop.” I also see you like Garcia-Marquez. So do I. “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” is a jewel.

Larry Strattner, Feb 11

Thanks Ajay. Hope you don’t live near any of these. The little bitty one I felt once wasn’t funny at all. Cheers.

Jack Swenson, Jan 31

Thanks, Ajay. Glad you liked my Alzheimer’s story.

David Erlewine, Jan 24

Ajay, my friend, I really appreciate your comments on Moving On. I took off a year from practicing law to write this story. Okay, that is a slight exaggeration…but I was practicing law at a huge firm and working 80 hours and every second I wasn’t working I was feeling guilty about not working or feeling guilty about not writing a satisfying story about Milgram. Good times. I was happy to figure out that I needed to write a story about not being able to write a story. Thanks again, man, D

Larry Strattner, Jan 22

Thanks for the Robert B Parker word A.J. take a look at one of Parker’s Spenser novels; he was lot better at smooth threatening than my little imitation here.

Christian Bell, Jan 21

Ajay, thanks for commenting on my story “Rice.”

Douglas Light, Jan 21

Ajay:

Thanks for the read and fav on “Matters of Breeding.”

Michael Dickes, Jan 20

Thanks for the comment man. I’m new to fictionaut….got any suggestions on how to network? Take care…Michael

Summer Robinson, Jan 20

Good to know! I’m comfortable with characters having a will of their own. Carl had backbone, and so naturally he asserted his will to have backbone ;)

Jack Swenson, Jan 20

Ajay,
You gotta be there I guess, but the worst thing about seeing spiders is knowing they’re not real.

Jane Hammons, Jan 19

Thanks for reading and commenting on my story. Menace is one of my favorite things :)

Jack Swenson, Jan 19

I got a kick out of your comments on “Wine Country.” Right on the money!

Michael J. Solender, Jan 19

Thx AJ for the nice words on my piece!

Lou Godbold, Jan 19

I bless your multi-culturism. Bless, bless!

Ann Bogle, Jan 18

Ajay, it’s old, as new writing goes; what is not old, what is still with us is war and the war at this distance. You’re fast!

Sara Lippmann, Jan 18

Ajay, Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments. I appreciate it, Sara

sara t., Jan 14

Thanx Ajay, ive been enjoying your writing too!

Douglas Light, Jan 14

Thanks for the good word on “Separate,” Ajay. Definitely made my day.

Tia Prouhet, Jan 12

You made my day a little, with your kind word on “Nutrition”, thank you!

Sean Ferrell, Jan 11

Thanks for your kind note on my story.

Angela Brett, Jan 06

Thank you for my first ever comment and fav on fictionaut, it was good to know somebody liked my work. :) I would have said something earlier but at the time I didn’t know how to tell who faved it.

Julie Innis, Jan 04

Thank you so much Ajay for your comments on House Sitter. How goes yr writing these days?

Chris Tarry, Dec 30

Hey Ajay, thanks for the comment on “Inquiry into the Submission.” Really glad you enjoyed it. Look forward to reading your stuff. Best, CT

Jacob Russell, Dec 28

Thank you Ajay… amazing to think there’s someone in Mumbai reading stuff I wrote on the Frankford. Let our imaginations bring us ever closer together… check out my blog for more writing http:www.jacobrussellsbarkingdog.blogspot.com

Jerry Ratch, Dec 26

TJ Skarbo, Dec 25

I just looked at your profile and disovered we have the same birthday…different year, but the same day! :)

TJ Skarbo, Dec 25

Ajay, thanks so much for your wonderful comments, I hope your day finds you with a smile upon your face…

Finnegan Flawnt, Dec 24

hey ajay, thanks for your comments, which are always to the point and uncover something that i had not considered!i also like your writing fed by burgeoning phantasy (a disease i share)…i am curious to hear more about yourself, your process etc. - perhaps during the festive season via the second tongue “introduce yourself” thread? cheers, mate

Jon Davies, Dec 12

Thanks for the comment on HT Make a Baby. Good to see someone from the subcontinent represented on here.

Finnegan Flawnt, Dec 12

thank you for your comment on “vessel”! now hurry to “groups” and join “second tongue”…the group for the bi/multilingual/expatriate writer…cheers ff

Doug Bond, Nov 25

Vonnegut, Yes! Cat’s Cradle….chapters like tiny flashes

Kathy Fish, Nov 23

Thanks for the kind comments on “Cancer Arm” Ajay. My son is a cricket fanatic. He played during the years we lived in Australia and still follows it closely. Anyway, nice to meet you here.

Micah Dean Hicks, Nov 18

Hey, man, thanks for the comment on my story! Much appreciated.

Larry Strattner, Nov 16

Mumbai! A blast from the other side of the world!

Thanks for your comments. We share some favorite authors. We seem also to share the mostly bad fiction gene. Cheers LarryS

Cynthia Reeser, Nov 10

Hi Ajay! Thanks for joining the Prick of the Spindle group. I’m enjoying reading your work!

Nora Nadjarian, Nov 09

hi Ajay! thanks for your comment on “Sushi’s Night Out” :))

A. Pseudonym, Nov 09

Thanks so much for your comment on my Between Our Words, Ajay!

David Erlewine, Nov 04

thanks, Ajay, for commenting on my Ms. Adams piece. so glad you liked it. it’s actually part of a novel and related to my “What I’d Say” piece that I posted last week. Hope you get a chance to read that one. The novel is about a covert stutterer whose shrink tells him to “talk” to people and “say” the things he never said b/c of said stutter. d

David Erlewine, Nov 04

Thanks so much, Ajay for commenting on my novel excerpt. Funnily enough, this morning I was listening to Springsteen’s “Independence Day.” Love that song and your reference to him vis a vis broken boys. d

Darryl Price, Nov 01

I’m so glad someone finally mentioned Douglas Adams. Thank you.

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