About
Writing, for me, started of as an activity to kill the boredom during college lectures. But gradually, it turned into a medium through which my mind could satisfy its craving to communicate its thoughts to the world.
For someone whose reading habits till class 12 were restricted to Filmfare and other film magazines, writing never came naturally to me. I never thought that I could bear the process of sitting for hours at a stretch with a pen and a notebook, trying to give words to the feelings, opinions and ideas in my mind. But here I am, not just doing it, but enjoying it as well. I do believe there is a writer in each and everyone of us, it is just that most of us are too busy with our alternate egos to spare anytime for it.
“IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING” – believe it, practice it, live it. If someone like me can write, then anyone in this world can do anything.
The following are links to my debut novel ‘Ordered Cheese Delivered Chalk’ across major online bookstores –
Amazon –goo.gl/qC8k8v
Flipkart – http://tinyurl.com/fkocdc
Goodreads – goo.gl/KUOrGX
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OrderedCheeseDeliveredChalk
You can reach out to me –
Email – shobhit.0410@gmail.com
Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/ShobhitAgarwalWriter
Twitter – @sho_ag
Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/shobhit0410/
Quora – https://www.quora.com/profile/Shobhit-Agarwal-2
(P.S. The images used in the blog have been downloaded from the internet, unless otherwise mentioned)
Shobhit Agarwal 
Ankit_kr
February 20, 2016 at 1:14 am
Sir..Curious to know…..Wht happen to u n Disha love Story?
Ur Novel is simply best..
Bcz its about kota…..I hd spend there three years for pmt preparation..
Ankit
May 17, 2013 at 5:35 am
Hello sir,
I am a student in one of the coaching institutes of Kota. I am in the third year of my coaching, having dropped a year.
I had come to Kota with the sole intention of getting into IIT. Yet somehow, after sometime, my focus shifted from studies and I got involved in other things. I began stalking a girl that I liked in the coaching. Scared that romance and stuff like that would shift my attention from my studies, I never spoke to her. But I always used to make sure that I had a glimpse of her during the breaks between lectures.
Life in Kota can be very lonely at times and I too became a victim to this loneliness. I come from a middle class family, and my parents spent a lot of money on my education. They had every right on their part to expect brilliant results from me. And because of their expectations, I couldn’t muster the courage to tell them that I felt a huge void in Kota and wanted to go back home. So I carried on with my stay in Kota, only to be spending more time at the internet cafés and play stations than at the coaching institute or at my room studying. Lot of times I felt like pouring out my sorrow in the form of alcohol, yet somehow I controlled that temptation. The first two years, I was merely going through the motions, without any sincerity or idea as to what I was doing or wanted to do.
My results came. They were disastrous. My father disowned me. My mother had to hear a lot of taunts from everyone because of me. I can’t tell you how guilty I felt at having to see my mother cry because of my failure. It killed me from the inside. I was determined to bring a smile on her face and decided to come back to Kota. This was the first decision of my life that I made on my own.
I came back and started studying with a lot of vigour and determination. But after three months, the enthusiasm began to drop. That worried me and the thought of another failure stressed me a lot. I was on the brink of depression and that would be the last thing I would have wanted.
Late last year, I happened to come across your book ‘Ordered Cheese Delivered Chalk.’ Seeing that it was a story on Kota, I bought it and started reading it. As I read through the book, I felt as I was reading my life’s story. I literally had tears in my eyes as I read through the part where Sameer has very poor results in 12th and decides to come back. I relived those horrific moments I spent at my house. Since it was a Sunday, I just read through whole of the book, and I don’t know how, but after finishing the book, I felt this new found vigour in me. The enthusiasm was back. I especially loved the part where you said, ““Whether you make it to IIT or not is secondary, what matters is that at the end of your course, you should be able to look at yourself in the mirror and say that you gave your best shot.”
I started studying with all my effort and gave my best shot. It took me sometime to get used to not worrying about the result and focus only on the effort, as I would have nightmares at times about failing the JEE mains and not getting admission to any good college. But whenever thoughts like that came, I remembered your words. And here I am, cleared the JEE mains and in the process of writing the JEE advance.
I just wanted you to know that your book helped a guy get his life back on track and that I owe it to you. I have read your other articles as well and they continue to act as a source of motivation. May your writings continue to inspire more and more students. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Shobhit Agarwal
May 17, 2013 at 1:21 pm
Hello Ankit,
Thank you for those kind words.
All I can say is that I am overwhelmed after reading your message. I didn’t think that my book could have such an impact. Reading your message adds a couple of ton of weight on my shoulders and I hope that I am able to full justice to the responsibility that you have trusted me with.
It just makes me really happy to know that you have cleared your JEE mains and I am pretty sure that you will do your parents proud and ace the JEE advance.
Here’s wishing you the best for the future.
Warm regards
Shobhit Agarwal
Vidya Shankar Ray
October 28, 2012 at 4:27 pm
i had not read your book yet… hope it will not have the same boring repeating story presented in new way…….
Shobhit Agarwal
October 28, 2012 at 5:03 pm
I hope it lives up to your expectations. 🙂
Nishant Babel
March 21, 2013 at 2:59 pm
I must say Vidya, it is completely the opposite case. Just rush to the store and gave it a read, just awesome stuff
Ankit Uttam
May 1, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Hi,
Read your unpublished work… In transition… fine writing but the title is boring and some crisp editing is required…. All the best in your journey to get it published.
Ankit Uttam
Shobhit Agarwal
May 4, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Thank you so much for taking time to read my book…Your feedback is well received and I will try to fine tune it further…:):):)
samarth
February 26, 2012 at 7:12 pm
what do i say…..simply superb writing….keep continuing the good work
brother….and am sure the day is not far when you”ll break the ice…..
the writing is simple,creative and craftly associated with real life anecdotes…
all the besttttttt:)))))))