About Manu Vishranti (मनु विश्रांति): creator, meditator, writer and researcher

Who he is

Manu Vishranti writes about the small objects a family uses to carry what it cannot say aloud. He works in English and in Hindi, building each version from the ground up rather than translating, on the understanding that a language is a way of noticing and not a set of equivalents. He also writes on meditation, and leads Neti Neti workshops. The Five Wounds, five novels and one companion volume, is his first published work of fiction.

His meditation diary puts his own notebook lines beside the scriptures, one line at a time, and lets each verse agree, disagree or answer. His game walks a player through the Sundar Kand beside thirty nine tellings of the Ramayana, and his comic lets every animal in a green forest dream of another. In Hindi he has written a novel saga in three volumes, Untalis Lankayen (उनतालीस लंकाएँ), in which a family walks through the Lankas of thirty nine tellings; it is being readied for publication. This site keeps all of it in one place.

Bios, the names spelled right and photographs, for anyone writing about him: the press kit.

His life, in brief

Born in New Delhi in 1990 and raised in Moga, Punjab, Manav Sharma writes as Manu Vishranti. Eight stops on the way here:

Dainik Jagran, Moga, 20 May 2008
Dainik Bhaskar, Moga, February 2009
His chess medals, with the NCC Bhagirathi 2008 medal between them
Campus Colour in Chess, 2011-12

Read his life story जीवन परिचय, हिंदी में

The name

Manu मनु: The one who thinks. In the old stories, the first of us.
Vishranti विश्रांति: Rest. The moment the mind settles back into itself.

Manu Vishranti (मनु विश्रांति) is the pen name of Manav Sharma (मानव शर्मा). The novels, the saga, the diary and the game carry the pen name; the comic's cover carries his own name. Manav Sharma on Instagram.

What he makes

Novels in English, and a novel saga, a game, a comic and a meditation diary in Hindi. Each one has its own page and its own readers.

Built from the work

Pages that open up what the game, the comic and the diary are made of.

Where the lamp is lit

Dehradun, in the Doon valley under the Mussoorie hills.

Home घर: 557, B/5, Garhi Cantonment, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248003, India · Open in Google Maps

About the work

Questions people ask

Who is Manu Vishranti?

Manu Vishranti (मनु विश्रांति) is a creator, meditator, writer and researcher. He writes in English and in Hindi, building each version from the ground up rather than translating.

What has Manu Vishranti made?

The Five Wounds, five novels and a companion volume in English; Untalis Lankayen (उनतालीस लंकाएँ), a novel saga in three volumes in Hindi; Sapno Wala Jungle (सपनों वाला जंगल), a Hindi comic for children; Neti Neti (नेति नेति), a meditation diary in four parts, in Hindi; and Lanka Ki Khoj (लंका की खोज), a Hindi discovery game on the Sundar Kand.

What is The Five Wounds about?

The Five Wounds is a series of literary novels in English about one Indian family: five novels and a companion volume. A surgeon with an unbroken record, a woman who counted a whole town, a postmaster carrying the letter he chose not to deliver, a family that buys its life in sanctioned hours, a fixer with no surname, and the wife who was told last, who wrote all of it down. All six are at manuvishranti.com/novel/TheFiveWounds.

When did The Five Wounds come out?

Walnut Publication published The Five Wounds on 18 September 2026, as six books and as one complete edition. All of them are out now in paperback on Amazon and Flipkart.

What is Untalis Lankayen?

Untalis Lankayen (उनतालीस लंकाएँ) is a novel saga in Hindi by Manu Vishranti, in three volumes: Panchvan Chehra (पाँचवाँ चेहरा), Pani Par Aag (पानी पर आग) and Do Hazar Atthais Lakeeren (दो हज़ार अट्ठाईस लकीरें). Banaras, 1987: Babuji counts every mistake the TV Ramayan makes against Valmiki, and at the fifth he is gone. Thirty nine years later his granddaughter Ada builds a game that holds thirty nine tellings of the Sundar Kand, and at Dhanushkodi five people step into it. Lanka is real, and a Raja there wants one of them to stay. All three volumes are written and being prepared for publication. Its pages are at manuvishranti.com/novel/UntalisLankayen.

Is Sapno Wala Jungle for children?

Yes. Sapno Wala Jungle (सपनों वाला जंगल) is a colour comic in Hindi made for children, set in a green forest over thirty nights.

Is there a Ramayana game in Hindi on this site?

Yes. Lanka Ki Khoj (लंका की खोज) is a Hindi game on the Sundar Kand of the Ramayana, played in the browser at manuvishranti.com/lanka_ki_khoj. It brings together thirty nine tellings of the Ramayana from India and the world.

Where can I play Lanka Ki Khoj?

In the browser, at manuvishranti.com/lanka_ki_khoj. Its introduction is at manuvishranti.com/game/LankaKiKhoj.

Is Manu Vishranti a pen name?

Yes. Manu Vishranti (मनु विश्रांति) is the pen name of Manav Sharma (मानव शर्मा). The novels, the saga, the diary and the game carry the pen name; the comic's cover carries his own name.

What does the name Manu Vishranti mean?

Manu is the one who thinks, in the old stories the first of us. Vishranti is rest, the moment the mind settles back into itself.