Paritosh Uttam was born in Trivandrum, Kerala and did his entire schooling in Space Central School, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. He is an Electrical & Electronics Engineer (Bachelors from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras; Masters in System Science & Automation from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore).
Apart from his love for writing fiction, he also enjoys a game of gully cricket, table tennis, a not very strenuous workout in the gym, tracking Nifty and mutual funds and amateur digital photography.
Dreams in Prussian Blue
First-year student Naina is in love with her senior, Michael, acknowledged genius and resident rebel of the Fine Arts College, Mumbai. So when he proposes that they drop out of college and live-in, she agrees. But life with Michael soon turns into an emotional rollercoaster. Temperamental, opinionated and incredibly selfish, he expects Naina to run the household so that he can paint. Naina tries her hand at several odd jobs, but when an accident leaves Michael blind, their life changes. And in trying to pull it together, Naina is driven to being what she has never been—a liar and a cheat.
Urban Shots
Edited by bestselling author, Paritosh Uttam, this is an anthology of 29 urban tales by 13 writers. Each of these fresh and simple stories. The stories are set with the backdrop of our urban metros with their sky rises, glitzy malls, crowds and the chaos that comes along with. A woman tries to come to terms with loss of a lost baby; a woman ponders over giving a second chance to her cheating husband; a young man is in love with his apple pie loving best friend, who is set to marry through an arranged match; a chance meeting between two old lovers after 11 years; the longing of a married woman for another man; a child and his silent suffering mother and their financially strapped family; a couple once in love, frustrated with each other after getting married; the morning after for a couple in an adulterous relationship and many more stories...