Jamshedpur: Steel-city based author Tuhin A. Sinha, who is known for bestsellers like The Edge of Power and Of Love and Politics, has now embarked on a mission to spread road safety awareness among schoolchildren across the state.

The Loyola School alumnus, who works as an advisor to the Union ministry of road transport and highways, is busy promoting the book Have a Safe Journey, an anthology of short stories based on fictional and real life experiences of road accidents.

The book, launched on December 1 as part of a road safety campaign organised by social outfit NHP Centre in Mumbai and sponsored by Mahindra Group, is a compilation of 20 best stories written by commoners and well-known authors like Anand Neelakantan, Ashwin Sanghi, Kiran Manral, Pankaj Dubey and Tuhin himself.

Priced at Rs 224, the book also has a special foreword written by Nitin Gadkari, minister for road transport and highways, and another message by chairman of Mahindra Group Anand Mahindra.

From writing the introductory chapter to being an integral part of the campaign, Tuhin has played a major role in compiling the book.

"In schools we do not have a proper literature on road safety. The book will help schoolchildren learn about the impact of road accidents on people and hopefully make them more responsible," said Tuhin.

The Hindi version of the book will be launched between January 11 and 17, 2018, during National Road Safety Week in Delhi.

The 40-year-old writer is also in talks with Ranchi-based NGO Rise Up to promote the book and use it as a part of their training sessions in schools across the state.

"We have been organising traffic awareness programmes in over 125 Ranchi schools and now plan to include this book in our awareness sessions. Schools or parents can also buy the book from local stores or online," said Rishabh Anand, founder of Rise Up.

Tuhin is also gearing up to release his upcoming novel When Mantriji Fell in Love, a political drama, in February next year.

Based on a love story between a politician and a daughter of a Hurriyat leader in Kashmir, the 250-page book will be published by Delhi-based publisher Fingerprints. This will be Tuhin's seventh book and fourth one with a political backdrop.