I released my debut novel, "what should I do with my earrings now?"

Описание: I’ve always believed that my words should speak louder than my face. That the stories I write should be enough to reach the hearts that truly listen. But perhaps the world works differently, readers often want to know the person before they trust the page.

Kafka was unnoticed in his time, too. He wrote in silence, without applause, without sales, yet his words outlived him. I’m no Kafka but I understand that solitude of creation, that quiet devotion to the craft that often goes unseen.

This video isn’t about marketing or image. It’s about me the person behind What Should I Do with My Earrings Now? A novel born out of reflection, heartbreak, and the search for identity.

If my face helps my words be heard, then so be it.
But the words, they will always come first.

Udit Ranjan Jena
📖 Author of “What Should I Do with My Earrings Now?”
[Available on Amazon Kindle] link available in the bio

What Should I Do with My Earrings Now?” is about guilt and resilience

When acid ravages Kannagi’s face, it doesn’t merely scar her skin. It dismantles her sense of belonging. The assault is momentary, but its repercussions spread like slow fire: through antiseptic hospital rooms, within the hushed despair of her family, and across a city that observes more than it understands.

Interwoven through the novel is the author’s own shadow. Portions of Kannagi’s medical struggle are drawn from his personal experiences, the surgeries and hospital nights of his twenties. The portrayal of familial endurance mirrors his own home; the character of Karthik emerges from the tenderness of one of his sisters. Through this transference, the author transforms his private suffering into Kannagi’s universal one, fusing memory with imagination.

What Should I Do with My Earrings Now? is a piercing meditation on pain, guilt, and the fraught politics of empathy. Kannagi’s story is not one of vengeance or easy redemption, but of an excruciating rebirth. A woman learning to inhabit her altered self in a world that worships appearances and punishes imperfection. Around her revolve Govind, suffocating under the weight of unspoken guilt; Sushree, torn between affection and exhaustion; and Karthik whose love becomes both anchor and ache.