The name is Bhagat and he is an author. And, no, it's not Chetan Bhagat.

Originally from Gumla, banker-turned-author Sameer Bhagat (40) has come up with his debut offering, Salvaging Adidweep, which he calls "contemporary political fiction inspired by the life of Jharkhand tribals".

A graduate from Hans Raj College, Delhi University, Bhagat left his banking job in 2009 and returned to his ancestral place Gumla.

Travelling extensively across the state, Bhagat was moved to see tribal sufferings, he said during the book launch at Leader of Opposition Hemant Soren's residence in Kanke, Ranchi, on Friday.

"That's how I got inspired to write the book. Though I finished writing it a couple of years ago, I thought now is the right time to release it," he said.

Salvaging Adidweep is set in the civil-war zone of Adidweep but unfolds on the streets of Delhi when an assailant shoots and grievously injures four people - Kargil war hero Surya, social-worker Pragati, journalist Satya, and professor Rishi. Surya, Pragati and Satya are all Oraon tribals from Jharkhand.

"As they battle to stay alive, we retrace their steps and peek into their dramatic lives...," reads the synopsis.

Priced at Rs 449, the book is available at all leading book stores across the state.

"The book deals with sufferings of the poor, mining, trafficking, anti-national branding bids, Maoists, debate over adivasis and moolvasis etc," Bhagat said, adding writing gave him creative freedom to fictionalise events.