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Bhakti grew up listening to stories of Ramayana and Mahabharat, India’s two biggest mythological stories. She wanted to pass this on to her own kids and other kids. This inspired her to quit her flourishing banking career and take up full time writing children’s books on Indian mythology and places of worship.

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𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

𝐷𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤.

“𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.”

“𝐴𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒.”

“𝐴 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦. 𝐼𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚.”

“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 [𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔] 𝑗𝑢𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒. 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.”

“𝐻𝐾 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦.”

𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞:

Bhakti Mathur is an award-winning author.  She has written two best-selling book series with   over 16 books.  Her first series – Amma Tell Me – is children’s picture books on Indian mythologies and festivals.  Her recent second series – Amma Take Me – introduces children to major faiths through their important places of worship.

Bhakti has written more than 25 articles for SCMP on culture, life, health and fitness.  She has also written poems, essays and spoken at top literary festivals in Hong Kong and India.  She has also worked as a Radio talk show host for RTHK and volunteered at many NGOs as a writer ambassador and mentor.

Before becoming an author, Bhakti was a private banker to high net worth clients in Asia for over 20 years.

Bhakti is an avid running enthusiast.  She has run several marathons, loves to hike and do yoga.

In March 2019, Bhakti received Mrs Shroff Inspiring Women Award in the category of Literature in Hong Kong.

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