Q&A: Hemant Saxena, Author of 'Olive Diaries'

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:18:27 +0000

Colonel Hemant Saxena is a soldier-scholar and an Indian Army veteran. A civil engineer by education, Col. Saxena started his career as a Sapper Officer in the Indian Army in 1984 and later during 1991, he transited to Military Intelligence branch and served till his superannuation in 2015. This stint helped him get a rare insight into the finer nuances of the world’s second oldest profession shrouded in the mystery of cloak and dagger, which is also reflected in his writings. His interest in writing developed during the early phase of his student life where he experimented with stories, poems, and theatre scripts for school/college festivals and magazines. His first book, Olive Diaries, is a collection of seven stories.