A motivational speaker by profession, and a writer by passion, Chandra Shekhar Varma has inherited literature from his illustrious grandfather, Padma Bhushan Shri Bhagwati Charan Varma, and also from his father, Shri Dhirendra Varma who is also a well-known Hindi author. Born in Lucknow in 1967, Chandra Shekhar did his schooling from Colvin Taluqdars’ College, Lucknow and graduation and Post Graduation from Lucknow University. His first collection of Poems in Hindi Kadmon Ki Laye was published in 2009, and the second one Navaras in 2012. His novel in English Corners of a Straight Line was published in 2015.