VINAYAK JAWALKAR, Author of An Unknown Trail

Every trail begins with a single step into the unknown. You’re already on yours.

About Vinayak

Hello. My name is Vinayak Jawalkar.

I spent over twenty years working across operations, leadership, and training, watching people move through change, growth, and uncertainty up close, including my own.

Somewhere in all that, the questions stopped being about work. They turned into something quieter. Why we resist the very things meant to free us. Why clarity stays just out of reach until the moment it isn’t. Why the inward trail is always the one we put off the longest.

In 2017 I started writing those questions down instead of just carrying them. By 2019 they had a name, An Unknown Trail, a spiritual novella.

This isn’t a book about quick fixes, because nothing that’s actually changed me has ever come from one. It’s practical change wrapped in story, the kind that meets you where you are and walks with you toward wherever you’re headed next.

I live in Chennai, and I’m still on the trail myself.

If a part of you is already curious about where this one leads, keep reading.

MY BOOK

An Unknown Trail

Sameer used to enjoy being fit during college. He still loved it a lot but he felt stuck in the family life and could never give up his family commitments. He had earned enough money but something seemed to be missing in his life. Aditya didn’t have a dream or a goal. Was this normal? What should he do to identify his passion? Sameer and Aditya are friends but they part after graduation. They meet years later and realise their lives and their priorities had changed. To break their monotonous life, they take a vacation. What they discover during their vacation alters their lives. Will Sameer finally realize his dream and become a fitness coach? Does Aditya find a passion?

REVIEWS

Read this book if your dream is long lost

This book is a reminder for me to follow my dreams. At different points in the story, I can relate myself with either Aditya (who wanted to travel) or Sameer (whose dream took a back seat). The book clearly communicates that it is highly important to respect our dreams and find some way to achieve it. Give it a read and I'm sure it will be an eye-opener for many. I thank the author Vinayak for being a wayfinder in our unknown trails.

Prasanna Raghavan R S

Graphics Designer, India

Definitely a good book to read

The author has written in such a way that the readers would identify themselves as either Aditya or Sameer (the lead characters) at some point in the story. I read the book at one go. It's crisp. This book is for all those who have lost their dream/ goal due to circumstances. This book might motivate you to get back on track and follow your dream.

Sumathi Arumugam

Operations Manager, India

A book that makes you ponder!

I expected the book to be a work of fiction. At the end, I am surprised to find that the book raised lots of questions within me. The concept of 'Oneness' that the author talks about, though discussed by many before, is fresh here, with anecdotes to bolster the idea. The author has skillfully woven the experience of two friends into making his idea clear. This will make many people caught in the slumber of their work wake from their stupor.

Janneker Lawrence

College Lecturer, India

Well written by a growing writer

Well written by the Author. While reading I could recall and relate the feelings written in this book, which also happened in my life. A short story, worth reading!

Dr Rameshkumar Selvasankar

Consultant, Germany

Oneness

Well articulated book, explains on how to be self aware. I'm sure this book will be helpful for many individuals

Narayanan K

Senior Manager, India

An instant connect

I was just sitting in a chair doing nothing, utterly exhausted, not physically but mentally. The question ran through my mind again: why not? I realized that reading the book left me with a yearning to do exactly what the protagonist did and the inability to do it sort of made me close my mind off to the topic. I did and did not want to revisit it. Yes, the characters are alive in my mind and I wish … I wish a miracle happened to release my mind from all the worries of the world as it did for Aditya and Sameer. Vinayak has done a great job in keeping it simple, in not overthinking it, and in reaching out to souls like me.

C Karthikeyan

India

CONNECT

Email: author@vinayakjawalkar.com