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Anand Purohit

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Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction

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ANAND PUROHIT was born and raised in a Caucasian, Christian family. After several years of inexplicable experiences, he travelled as young man to India for insight. The shocking immersion, alone in a chaotic and foreign culture, forever changed him. Wandering among the slums, always on the edge of death and disease, his perception was shattered. He returned to Canada with a new name and legalized it to cement his commitment to a life of mindfulness.

While enlightenment proved elusive, the quest for greater understanding remained strong. Forty years of software design and business ownership did not quell the thirst. Constant study of history, logistics, physics and metaphysics watered the desire to weld a nexus between analyst and mystic.

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What, if anything, did you learn when writing the book?

Anand Purohit Keeping with the desire for a plausible storyline, my biggest discovery was how large and diverse the community of intelligent and skillful people wou…moreKeeping with the desire for a plausible storyline, my biggest discovery was how large and diverse the community of intelligent and skillful people would need to be to have any possible chance of forming an independent community in the violent era of the mid-eighteenth-century. Again, wanting the story to be realistic, I was surprised at the amount of prep and supplies that would be required for the time shifters to survive and thrive as a new colony with hostile empires wanting to conquer and control them.

My personal preference for the colony to reflect Canada’s culture as a peaceful nation limited their ability to use their advanced twenty-first-century technology to just blast their way into survival at others expense. It’s easy to imagine a community with our technology could attain self-sufficiency and governance in an age of muskets and horsepower with little effort or trouble. Hah! The British Empire had 12 million people. The French had 26 million. A small community with advanced marvels would be a juicy target for pirates, privateers and military assaults. Machines and electronics break down. Spare parts and the energy to power the technology are not readily available or easily created.

The end result, I hope, is a story that intrigues and entertains its readers in a unique way compared to other historical fantasies.(less)

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Anand Purohit My background in software development and AI led to the choice of XNOR as the title. XNOR is a logical function used in AI and other scientific pursui…moreMy background in software development and AI led to the choice of XNOR as the title. XNOR is a logical function used in AI and other scientific pursuits. It is known as the ‘Equivalence Function’. Other logical functions such as AND, OR, NAND and NOR, etc. are well established in database technology and graphic software. XNOR and the expression of equivalence is trickier both in AI and in normal life. We often must grapple with decisions where two or more paths are evaluated with unknown factors overshadowing the process. How do we determine which path is better, especially when they seem equivalent in their probable risk and reward?(less)

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Beggar’s Syndicate – Namaste

He stood out among the line of desperate people. It was the baby in his arms that drew me across the street. Was it alive? I couldn’t tell. The flies crawling over its lifeless face might be a sign. Then again, flies were crawling over everyone, everything. I spent my first few weeks in India, forty years ago, swatting them away until, like everyone else, I just ignored them.

The child was moti