Harinder S. Sikka is currently the group director strategic business Piramal Group. After graduating from Delhi University he joined the Indian Navy. He was commissioned in January 1981 and took premature retirement in 1993 as a Lieutenant Commander.

He recently produced a film Nanak Shah Fakir which won acclaim at the Cannes Toronto and Los Angeles international film festivals. The film won three national awards including the Nargis Dutt Award for best feature film on national integration.

Calling Sehmat is his second book and has been made into a film Raazi by Meghna Gulzar.

Sikka lives in Delhi with his family.

The story of a man who will stop for nothing but love and will give nothing less than complete loyalty!

Born in an impoverished Sikh family in Bihar Gobind is content to live under the long shadow of poverty. Then one day moved by his father’s words Gobind vows to uplift his life and change his and his family’s fortunes forever.

A soldier at heart he joins the Indian Navy and becomes a shining star all set to achieve great success. No one though knows the pain he’s carrying in his heart—that of an unfulfilled promise an unrequited love.

Soon fate throws him one more challenge—on an assignment to Russia he meets someone who’s not only extraordinarily beautiful but also reminds him of his lost love. The only catch is being with her will jeopardize the pledge he made to the navy notwithstanding his heroic rescue of his course mates.

What decision will he make? Who will he choose? Which promise will he break?

A thriller a love story a saga of passion and human endurance Gobind is a page-turner that will keep you spell bound long after you’ve finished reading it.

Harinder Sikka