“Kismet” the debut book written by Mrs Sushma Harish was released at Indian Cultural Center, on 4th
January 2021. Sushma Harish from Manipal, India got inspired by real life incident of two Mangalore
people and life in Qatar and came up with this novel, story covering from Mangalore to Qatar. Genre of
book is literary fiction.
The event was held at Mumbai hall of Indian Cultural Center, Doha,. Chief Guests ICC President Mr.
Manikantan and ICBF President Mr. Baburajan formally released the book after lighting of the lamp and
formal welcome and key note address by Sushma Harish . Eminent leaders ICBF Vice president Mr
Mahesh Gowda, Eminent Business man, Patron& Past President Tulukoota Qatar and Founder President
Bunts Qatar Mr Ravi Shetty, President of Karnataka Sanagha Qatar Mr Nagesh Rao, President of Indian
Women’s Association Mrs Susmita Pattnaik, and husband of Sushma Mr Harish Baliga who is the head of
operations for Venture Gulf Oil and gas services company have graced the event as Guests of Honour .
Mr Babu Rajan went ahead to read a page from the book in the event, urging the people to read the
story. Other community leaders have lauded the first-time author for taking up this challenge of
completing a book from Qatar, publishing it in India and also releasing it in the difficult times of corona
social distancing.
Many friends and well-wishers of the author and her family graced the event, like Karnataka Sangha
Vice President Anil Boloor and his wife , ICBF MC members Avinash Gaikwad, Subramanya Hebbagilu,
Ganesh Shenoy, KSQ members Dinesh Gowda, Jerald D’Souza , and conveyed their best wishes to
Sushma for her endeavor towards literature. Sushma and Harish have thanked all those who have
inspired and supported in fulfilling her first dream of releasing her debut book “ Kismet”. MC of the
event Rajani conducted the event with grace .
Mrs Sushma Harish is an engineer from Manipal Institute of Technology, after a decade’s corporate
experience, and being a personal blogger, she decided to take up writing seriously and plunged into
literature work covering the life stories and philosophies of life, from Mangalore to Qatar. She says this
is just the first one in the list of her dream books she will write in coming years and urges everyone from
Mangalore to read the story which has a profound influence on our futuristic story.
