Anand Gandhi · Zain Memon

MAYA: Seed Takes Root

Book One of the MAYA narrative universe. Published by Department of Lore, with retail editions through Authors Equity and Simon & Schuster. Final print and digital cover art, with formats, ISBN-13s, and publication dates per edition.

The Authors

Anand Gandhi

Filmmaker · Co-creator

Anand Gandhi is a polymath filmmaker and public intellectual credited with ushering India's new wave of cinema. He has created culture-shaping projects across media. His debut feature Ship of Theseus won India's National Award for Best Film (the country's highest honor, often likened to the Academy Award for Best Picture) and was hailed by the UK Critics' Circle as "life-changing," collecting major prizes at festivals including Transilvania, Tokyo, and BFI London. His mythological horror epic Tumbbad, now regarded as a contemporary classic, opened Venice Critics' Week, and won Filmfare and Sitges awards.

Contact:

Zain Memon

Game designer · Co-creator

Zain Memon is a game designer and transmedia creator who built South Asia's modern tabletop scene. His political strategy board game SHASN is India's most played modern tabletop game. It has won IndieCade's Social Impact Award and reached players in over 70 countries. Its sequel SHASN: AZADI, hailed as the "blueprint for semi-cooperative game design," became the first tabletop game honored by Games for Change. Memon's practice treats play as pedagogy — designing games as serious learning systems.

Contact: