7 th Jan 2013 : 25 th Birth Anniversary of Harsh Pande : Karaoke

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Dear Friends,

On this very special occasion, Harsh’s family wishes to present before you another talented aspect of his multi-faceted personality as we eagerly approach the book-release of his novel ‘HICCUPS’.

When HARSH was born on 7th January 1988, with acute congenital disorders, he virtually had no upper palate in his mouth, which made breathing and feeding extremely difficult for him : It took a continuous series of three complicated plastic surgeries to correct this disorder and literally create an upper palate to enable him a normal function of his mouth, both, for feed and for speech. This was followed by long periods of mouth and speech therapy.
Little Harsh endured it all. His determination and grit was his trademark from his very infancy which he exhibited throughout his remaining years of so many complex orthopedic surgeries and rehabilitation procedures, while successfully crafting a niche in his gifted life.

It is therefore our special privilege , to present to you on his 25th birth anniversary today, a cell phone recording of a song of an Elvis Presley song sung at a Karaoke bar by Harsh while holidaying at Goa with friends, where he also conceptualized his novel ‘HICCUPS’.
With our grateful thanks to his friends Monesh, Taronish, Vaibhav, Anmol and Sachin who were with Harsh at Goa and who recorded his performance impromptu on a cell phone here is his rendition of the number ‘Suspicious Minds’ by Elvis Presley at a Karaoke bar in Goa.

‘One has to experience life before one can express it’ – Harsh Pande

“Harsh Pande, author of our latest bestselling novel, Hiccups” – Jaico Publications


Harsh Pande was born and brought up in the amazing city of Pune. He completed his education at St. Vincent’s High School and College Pune, where he was a topper in both the SSC and HSC Examinations and also featured in the popular TV Show Bournvita Quiz Contest representing the West Zone. After that he aced his Computer Science B Tech Degree at the prestigious College of Engineering Pune (COEP). He was then campus-selected by a leading consulting firm.


Harsh displayed exceptionally admirable spirit and intelligence which helped him achieve excellent results in academics and other endeavors, despite suffering from complicated orthopedic disorder by birth which entailed a separate battle for rehabilitation through several surgeries. However, his resilient spirit and lust for life were indefatigable.
Those who came in contact with him were fascinated by his wit and indomitable cheerful attitude towards life.


Through all his years from St. Vincent’s to COEP and then the crazy world of Consulting, writing had remained a consistent passion : from writing actively for the school and college magazines to publishing a post on his blog to launching Project Breakup on Facebook. After completing HICCUPS, he was simultaneously working on a book of quotes penned by him and outlining the theme of his next novel.


His entrepreneurship and sagacity is evident from his literary effort so vividly put forth in his first novel HICCUPS inspired after experiencing an “epiphany” while holidaying in Goa.


Harsh Pande passed away after a cardiac arrest on 23rd April 2012.
He was 24 years, 3 months and 16 days old.
Hiccups is his first novel with approximately 1,20,000 words