Thursday, July 15, 2010

Making of Maitreya

A free spirited person like me has never thought of being tied down with something as serious as book making…Yeah, not even wanted to be tied down in a married life but I wanted to become a mom so…same way I got into publishing because I wanted to continue my love affair with books. I enjoy books as much as I enjoy being a mom…

Maitreya happened to me in just two days. I had no idea what I am going to do and how I am going to do…
The very first person who came in support of Maitreya was Vijai Singh Katiyar, followed by Anil Sinha, Deepak, Sekhar and Shilpa- all from NID. They all said, “I am with you.” And that is all I wanted…
Then came Theosophical Society, and my dream of working with Annie Besant got fullfilled…
Vijaybhai of Sri Aurobindo Society trusted me and my love for books completely. One advise he gave me was, “Remain what you are…” He made me a part of Sri Aurobindo Society and he became a part of Maitreya.

So far Maitreya had only one person, the publisher that is me. The second person who joined Maitreya was my husband with, “Don’t worry about money, just go ahead…”
He also goes through all the manuscripts.
Achal Narayan, who has worked with British High Commission as an executive editor agreed to be part a of Maitreya.
Peter and Ravi are designers – again from NID. Both very energetic and high spirited.
Maitreya has 23 distributors to take care of marketing for books…